3ºESO Agustín & Javier - Banksy

The art of

photography.

Agustín Sedes & Javier Prado

1

Table of contents 1-Cover Page.

2- Table of contents.

3-Author's Biography.

4-Photo analysis.

4.1-Agustín's opinion.

4.2- Javi's opinion.

5-Bibliographical references.

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5

2

3-Author's Biography.

He born in Yate, a city near to Bristol in 1974. He started working as a butcher, but later exactly in 1980 he began to do graffitis, his works are satirical works about politic, pop culture and morality.He uses the technique of stencil in his graffitis.

His works are very popular in many countries, specially in U.K Banksy is an artist that protects a lot his identity and because of that we don’t know how is he physically.

This is the first graffit of Banksy, he did it in Mexico, when he was a goalkeeper in a football team called Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls. He painted a graffiti there because he was in a football team’s tour he played versus Luchadores por la Libertad Zapatista he painted a mural for them.

4-Photo analysis.

In this photograph we can see a man cleaning a wall with a hose. In the background you can see a cave art. In this cave art, you can see some men hunting with ancient bows. And in the foreground, you can see the man erasing the cave art.

The cleaner is wearing a black cap, an orange waistcoat on top of a grey t­shirt also he is wearing a grey trousers and a black boots.

The man is standing and he is holding the hose pistol with his arms and he is leaning toward the cave art.

He hasn't got face expression because the artist didn't draw it.

The light in the photo is dark, and for us the light in the graffiti was created by the author highlighting the boy and the rest of the photo. Also there is a lamp on the right.

The graffiti is hard contrastly . The photographer is in front of the graffiti he took the photo from the right side and close to the graffiti. I think he is standing because he is as high as the boy.

3

4.1-Agustin´s opinion For me the main theme is that we are improving so quickly that we have no time to watch the wonders in the earth I think that when the author did this he was very inspired, because I think that this is the best picture that I haven't ever seen because of its context.The picture expresses that we are removing prehistory to evolve.In my opinion he was thinking of the bad preservation of cave art by the politicians and the people who isn’t interested in art.

4.2-Javi´s opinion For me in this photo the author is the artist who paints the graffiti and not the photographer.

I think that the painter is a great artist because the wall looks real.

The author means that to erase a wall with graffitis is the same as to remove an ancient cave art. I think street artists need their “canvas” but for some people graffitis are a kind of vandalism. The wall for the street artists, is like the canvas for painters.

4

5-Bibliographical references http://www.google.es/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=E 3VwoMYjtGEQlM&tbnid=wbCkRu32kQYYBM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fw ww.scenicreflections.com%2Fdownload%2F247079%2FMona_Lisa_with_a_bazooka_W allpaper%2F&ei=mQgHU8nvJrKa0QWozIC4Cw&bvm=bv.61725948,d.ZG4&psig=AFQjC NF099EZERqJDLW7CyP2I5D4c5V8VQ&ust=1393056243299489 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5h1CHbbbk http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blek_le_Rat http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/http­losplatoscomoojos­blogspot­com­/2011/2/1/banksy­g enio­la­sombra­ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy http://lomioes.com/enredados/confirmado­la­primera­imagen­de­banksy­haciendo­un­gr affiti­fue­en­chiapas­mexico http://www.taringa.net/posts/arte/8622588/El­Mejor­Post­de­Banksy­­­Arte­Urbano.html http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/1202456/Bansky­83­Obras­de­Arte.html

5

6