Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Graffiti, Murals – And A Little Rant

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week asked us for pictures of graffiti and murals and you may be asking yourself what the first picture has to do with either. Well this one comes under the heading of graffiti. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of Banksy and there’s nothing wrong with brightening up a dilapidated building or train car with a bit of artwork but when it comes to despoiling nature’s beauty, then I get as mad as hell!!!! Can you tell?  We came across this magnificent scene on the way to Arches National Park in Utah and were horrified to see that some irresponsible individual had scrawled all over the left face of the rock in black paint.  You can’t see it in this picture nor will you in the future. I refuse to give that person any kind of encouragement by showing photos of such desecration here on this blog. End of rant.

Now from the profane to the sacred; An inspiring mural acts as a backdrop to Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Christus statue in the North Visitor’s Center in Temple Square, Salt Lake City.

An intriguing mural made of corn on an exterior wall of  The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota.

A mural painted on the side of a building in downtown Chicago is no longer visible since another building was placed right next to it. I was glad I captured this image when I did.

For more on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge go to http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/13/cees-fun-foto-challenge-graffiti-murals/