A masked man, looking rather dapper but doubtless up to no good, judging by the cross-hairs.
I took this photo a while back, on the 29th November 2007. Located in the Little London area of Leeds, among the tower blocks.
Graffiti
I'm very fond of graffiti, and like to take snaps of pieces which I encounter on my rounds. People have been painting on walls for 30,000 years! Makes oil-on-canvas seems like a passing fad...
Cthulhu Rising
Submitted by Andrew on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 19:36
There was a strange spate of CTHULHU graffiti around the Hyde Park area of Leeds in the mid-1990s. Chunky letters hinted that the stars were right and tentacles would soon be on their way. This was the last piece to survive.
I took this photo back in June 2004, when the paint was wearing thin. You can't really make it out at all anymore. When it was new the red paint gave the impression of boiling blood!
It was just off Hyde Park Road, around the back of where the Newlands pub used to be. The one that burned down in the 1995 riot.
All of the Cthulhu graffiti was done with letters in this style, usually with a thick outline. The biggest piece was along the wall of Royal Park School - the same one that's now an official graffiti wall. It just said CTHULHU in big reptile-green letters, six-foot high and forty-foot long!
Another well-known piece said CTHULHU RISING, this time in a sea-sickness inducing shade of blue. It was behind Prince's gym and you could see it on the way up Hyde Park Road. That piece disappeared when the building it was painted on was renovated.
Update: (16th December 2008) panoramio.com has a photo of the CTHULHU RISING piece. The building in the background was derelict for about a decade, and looks like just the place for some mad cultists (students live there now). The photo information at Panoramio dates it to 30th July 2008, but that's incorrect. The wall was replaced by garages when the house was renovated in 2005 or 2006.
At Some Point in this Conversation You Will Lie
Submitted by Andrew on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 16:37
I noticed this on my way to Oblong.
Stencilled a bench on Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, at the junction with Rampart Road.
Royal Park School - Graffiti Wall
Submitted by Andrew on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 12:36
An older view of the whole of the graffiti wall, taken from across the field towards Howden Place, on the 24th May 2004.
You don't see a view like this anymore. A multi-use gaming area, or "muga" was built, together with railings for the pathway, which now partially obstructs the view of the wall.
We Are the Same Energy
Submitted by Andrew on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 05:50
Part of a security barrier. Photo taken at the bottom of Clarendon Road, Leeds, between Swarthmore Centre and the nice humpback bridge leading to St. Georges Church and Crypt.
Teddy Bear
Submitted by Andrew on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 19:45
There used to be a series of these teddy bears along Cardigan Road.
This one was behind the tyre shop on the corner of Ashville View. There was one at the corner of Carberry Road, and another near the Harolds (I think).
This photo was taken on 3rd June 2004
Gallery:
Teddy Bears Assume the Position
Submitted by Andrew on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 19:12
I nearly walked past this one, but stopped for a double-take. Ouch.
It's one of the oddest pieces of graffiti that I've ever seen, alone on an stark concrete wall. Perhaps there's a flourishing community of old-school corporeal punishment enthusiasts in Hull. I'm not sure I want to know.
I found this stencil-work at the River Hull Tidal Surge Barrier, near The Deep aquarium. According to the file name, it was taken on the 1st of July 2004. I wonder if it's still there...
Bandana Man
Submitted by Andrew on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 13:57
Another piece from the wall at Royal Park School.
It didn't last very long; it was partially obscured a fortnight later. It lasted longer as a wallpaper on my phone.
This photo was taken on 7th May 2004, with a Sony-Ericsson T610 phone.