Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON
It might look like faux military-style camouflage, but it ain’t. It might look like the door-and-window façade of some old fort, but it ain’t.
It’s just a view of Hosier Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. It's simply a narrow laneway, but it’s acquiring something of an international reputation because of the rich street art that has sprouted on the walls.
If you look carefully at the bottom right-hand corner of this image, you’ll actually see a segment of the footpath. That’s simply because the laneway is on an incline, and I shot this image dead straight to give you an idea of horizontal orientation.
That figure on the left, in the doorway, isn’t painted on the door’s glass surface. It’s actually the reflection of a real person. It was rainy, cold and windy when I shot this image, but there were at least half a dozen tourists and local students braving the weather and trying to shield their cameras from the rain.
That's the real attraction of street art. There's nowhere to hide - for the artist, or for the viewer.
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wow, i love this!!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I didn't think military / camouflage at all.
ReplyDeleteYou know what this reminds me of? barcelona. Don't ask me why... the quirky Almodovar retro pattern perhaps.
ReplyDeleteLovely, as per usual.
Ciao
Lola xx
Interesting and eye=catching.
ReplyDeleteI love street art. I've been taking pictures of it in Montreal for the past couple of months...
ReplyDeleteVery psychedelic! I like it!
ReplyDeleteI used to have wall paper like that in my room as a kid (actually it is still there)!
ReplyDeleteI think Spacedlaw nailed it. It looks like 60s/70s wallpaper. Fun stuff. I can see why it attracted your camera lens. :)
ReplyDeletewow. the picture caught my eye on reader...too cool!
ReplyDeleteI know someone who'd spend an entire day here -- maybe more depending on how long the street is.
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
We have houses painted over here too in bizarre patterns. Sometimes jungle scenes.
ReplyDeleteThis one really does look as though they want to camouflage it!
I like pictures of unusual things. You seem to stumble on them wherever you go.
I love this wall, doesn't look like camouflage to me, love the pattern. Thanks for sharing this David!
ReplyDeleteThe wall art is an odd combination with the door and windows. It leaves me feeling unsettled. But then, I like unusual things, and this is certainly unusual!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful image. I would love to see the whole street of art and I can understand why it would attract a lot of tourists. I would be there if I could.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way of brightening up a place!
ReplyDeleteLike Lola, this reminds me of Barcelona..is there something of Gaudi in it?
That is so cool! Thanks for braving the tourists to show us!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the Indian cloth called Madras that I was wild about as a girl...I wonder if the colors run in the rain...beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSandi
What a great shot! Not that that's unusual for you, David, but it is so different! I didn't think military because I lived on too many air bases in my life time and none of them were as interesting as this! Just a personal take, you understand!
ReplyDeleteIt's quirky and I'm pretty quirky, so I related!
Have a great week!
Sylvia
Laneway? Never heard the term. This is the fun of blogs around the world.
ReplyDeleteI really like this art! It would certainly draw my attention. Actually it did!
ReplyDeleteI am beginning to warm to the idea that we are allowed to paint on buildings. I truly do dislike the random 'Tags' that blight so much of our inner cities, but the idea that mundane buildings that have no particular merit, can be made interesting or even beautiful, pleases me no end.
ReplyDeleteYou're good Sir Knight, here's a gold star.
this is my type of street art. pretty cool. show some more :)
ReplyDeleteVery bright and how interesting.
ReplyDeleteVery funky building - I like it.
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up. That is wonderful. I love this lively exterior.
ReplyDeleteStunning colours and shapes for a streetscape! It's so long since I last wandered into Melbourne! I tend to keep to my little world of the Mornington Peninsula!
ReplyDeletegreat shot///and street art certainly seems to be flourishing everywhere right now...
ReplyDeleteVery impressive and visually rich street art!
ReplyDeleteI love that, although I wouldn't want to live across the street from it :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's very funky, I love it though I wouldn't paint my house front like that! LOL
ReplyDeleteThis is cool. It reminds me of some bathroom wallpaper in my parents' house in the '60s!
ReplyDeleteThe patterns are brilliant - looks like a 60s lampshade my mother used to have - must be brilliant to live in such a bright building.
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