PicsArt Monthly May Issue 2014 | Page 17

In the Footsteps of Anonymous Street Artists Urban art marches to a different beat than its more classical counterparts, but in the museum of the streets, photographers are always welcome. Street art makes any stroll through a city more colorful and full of surprises. Like all photographers, PicsArtists relish the opportunity to snap their shutters on a masterpiece sprayed over what would otherwise have been a blank garage door or stark brick wall. The other particular pleasure of urban art is that it is always the expression of local outlaws or true adventurers from abroad who have scouted a particular location upon which to unleash their artistic whims. The location is the canvas, and each one is selected by the artist him or herself. When you stumble across a piece of street art, you are walking in the tracks of the faceless outlaw whose trail has since gone cold and disappeared back into the anonymity of the crowds. The photos here chronicle some of the most stunning shots that artists in the PicsArt community have captured of street art. This gallery celebrates these photographers who have documented street art before it, like its creators, disappeared back into the obscurity from which it came. 17|PicsArt Monthly