Urban Art Photography

Urban Tools: Creating like a Pro

During my shootings for the Urban Artists in Action #1 series, I every now and again caught myself in the act of focusing not on the artist or the artwork, but on the creative tools. For that reason, I ended up with a great collection of photos showing spray cans, brushes, paint buckets, masking tape, markers, gloves, even more cans, fire-extinguishers, and everything else a street or graffiti artist probably needs…

I decided to select some of the best, bring them all together, and creating in that way a totally new series, entitled Urban Tools: Creating like a Pro! Ironically, this new urban art photo series is the exact opposite of my former series: Instead of documenting a creative head while dynamically working, it’s now all about the artists static equipment – you could say I created urban art still lifes. To carry this contrariness to extremes I made the decision to keep each photograph in black and white, to concentrate on its basic elements.

Some of the photos are also available as fine art prints via society6.com soon – Make sure to check them out!