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Tag: stencil

King/Spring

King Street, Brighton

More liminal space candidates.

Spring Gardens, Brighton
Posted on January 30, 2026January 25, 2026Categories Artwork, documentary, Photo, StreetTags Brighton, close, graffiti, stencil, street, text, UK, wall2 Comments on King/Spring

Post No Bills

Broadway, New York

Some years (decades?) ago, I was taken with these “Post No Bills” stencils, much in the fashion of Allan Sillitoe’s The Death of William Posters. Above, one I shot recently; below images from years past. Click below to see them full-sized.

Posted on August 3, 2025July 27, 2025Categories documentary, Photo, StreetTags Manhattan, New York, partition, stencil, street, text1 Comment on Post No Bills

Thank You, Paul Richard

West 26th Street, New York

One more for my long running Post No Bills series.

Posted on July 7, 2022July 3, 2022Categories documentary, Photo, Still life, StreetTags documentary, Manhattan, New York, Post No Bills, stencil, still life, streetLeave a comment on Thank You, Paul Richard

❤️2❤️

74th St and Columbus Avenue, New York

♥

Posted on July 12, 2020July 10, 2020Categories documentary, Photo, Still life, StreetTags Columbus Ave, heart, Manhattan, New York, shadow, stencil, street1 Comment on ❤️2❤️

No Idling for the Avant Garde

West 20th Street, New York

You see a lot of these ad hoc graffiti, sticker, paint and warning pastiche’s in the Chelsea gallery area.

Posted on February 21, 2019February 17, 2019Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags Chelsea, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, painiting, Sign, stencil, street, urban, wallLeave a comment on No Idling for the Avant Garde

Post No Bills

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Coordinate Geography

Broome and Varick Streets, New York
Broome and Varick Streets, New York

Posted on March 3, 2016February 28, 2016Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags construction, green, Manhattan, New York, Post No Bills, stencil, street, urbanLeave a comment on Post No Bills

Post No Bills

Walker St and Sixth Avenue, New York
Walker St and Sixth Avenue, New York

Long time readers of this page will remember the many pictures of the Post No Bills admonition. Here’s a new one in 3 sections of green.

Posted on February 9, 2016February 7, 2016Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags green, Sign, stencil, streetLeave a comment on Post No Bills

Art Protest

Thompson Street, New York
Thompson Street, New York

Posted on July 31, 2015July 28, 2015Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags blue, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, Sign, stencil, street, urban2 Comments on Art Protest

Cryptic Manifesto

Delancey Street, New York
Delancey Street, New York

Posted on May 31, 2015May 30, 2015Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags Delancey St, graffiti, green, Manhattan, New York, paint, stencil, street, urbanLeave a comment on Cryptic Manifesto

Olympia Horseshoe

106th St and Lexington Avenue, New York
106th St and Lexington Avenue, New York

Paraphrasing Stephen Dædalus’ dictum from Ulysses, Art is a shout in the street.

Side panel of the base of a street light.

Posted on May 11, 2015May 9, 2015Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags art, East Harlem, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, paint, stencil, street, urbanLeave a comment on Olympia Horseshoe

More Art We All

Riverside Park, New York
Riverside Park, New York

Posted on January 7, 2015July 7, 2024Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags graffiti, Manhattan, New York, sidwalk, stencil, street2 Comments on More Art We All

Pope in Harlem: Nosce te ipsum

St Nicholas Ave around 141st St, New York
St Nicholas Ave around 141st St, New York

Posted on September 10, 2014July 7, 2024Categories Conceptual, Photo, StreetTags graffiti, Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Manhattan, New York, paint, sidewalk, stencil, street, urban3 Comments on Pope in Harlem: Nosce te ipsum

Axe Me No Questions, I’ll Tell You no Lies

West 138th Street, New York
West 138th Street, New York

Posted on September 9, 2014September 6, 2014Categories Conceptual, Photo, StreetTags Harlem, Manhattan, New York, Sign, stencil, street, urbanLeave a comment on Axe Me No Questions, I’ll Tell You no Lies

Graffiti Counter-Attack; Taking it to the Street

95th and Columbus Ave, New York
95th and Columbus Ave, New York

Posted on January 24, 2013January 20, 2013Categories Conceptual, Photo, Still life, StreetTags Columbus Ave, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, paint, Sign, stencil, street, urbanLeave a comment on Graffiti Counter-Attack; Taking it to the Street

Metal Plate

F and 7th Streets, NW, Washington DC

Posted on April 19, 2012April 14, 2012Categories Abstract, Photo, StreetTags plate, stencil, Washington DCLeave a comment on Metal Plate

Post No Bills… No Bills… Bills

Eighth Ave in the 50s, New York

Posted on January 10, 2012January 8, 2012Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags fence, Manhattan, New York, paint, Post No Bills, Sign, stencil, urbanLeave a comment on Post No Bills… No Bills… Bills

Post No Bills

E 22nd St

Posted on September 30, 2011September 29, 2011Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags Adam Isler, blue, E 22nd St, fence, Manhattan, New York, NYC, paint, Post No Bills, Sign, stencil, urban, wallLeave a comment on Post No Bills

Open 7 Days

Mallon's, Sea Isle City, NJ

Mallon’s – home of the sticky bun.

Posted on September 17, 2011September 4, 2011Categories B&W, Photo, Still life, StreetTags "New Jersey", Adam Isler, Black & White, door, Landis Ave, Mallon's, screen, Sea Isle City, shadow, Spring, stencil, storefrontLeave a comment on Open 7 Days

Sorry, Horatio

Columbus Circle

Posted on May 27, 2011May 26, 2011Categories B&W, Photo, Still life, StreetTags "Columbus Circle", abstract, Adam Isler, architecture, B&W, Black & White, Broadway, fence, Isler, Manhattan, New York, NYC, photography, Sign, stencil, street, urban, W 60th St, wallLeave a comment on Sorry, Horatio

Post No Bills Forever

W 100th St

Posted on April 12, 2011April 9, 2011Categories Architecture, Photo, StreetTags "W 100th St", architecture, blue, fence, Isler, Manhattan, New York, NYC, photography, Post No Bills, scaffold, Sign, stencil, street, wallLeave a comment on Post No Bills Forever

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