It’s Sundance time in Park City. Being a bit of a street art aficionado, I was pretty excited to hear that Banksy was throwing up some pieces in SLC and PC, since the film “Exit through the Gift Shop,” is debuting at the film festival. I’m hoping that the art will still be there in late Feb., so that I can get some of my own shots of the work. The photo above was shot by my homey Dan Richards. He told me that this particular stencil is off of West Temple and 3rd S., in SLC.

In other news, Piper is doing about the same. She seems like she is doing better, but there is a hard balance between keeping her calm, and over-sedating her. Reagan and I plan to take a trip to Jersey tomorrow to pick up her wardrobe. Hopefully having some of her more stylish threads readily available, will motivate her to recover a little more quickly. Or, at least recover enough to not require the center line anymore, so that she can wear her normal clothes (not that her little clown print gowns aren’t cute).

For some reason, this has seemed like one of the longest weeks, ever. I’m really excited for this weekend, even though it will be a busy one. I’m probably even going to have to spend some time in the office. But for some reason, just by virtue of being the “weekend,” I can always find a degree of solace that I don’t have during the regular work days.

Entitled “Royal Protection Mutate Britain” by T.WAT.  Photo presumably also by T.WAT.

I have been a huge fan of Shepard Fairey since I first discovered his work. Despite his recent legal battles, which include the City of Boston (for illegal street art), and the Associated Press (being sued for copyright infringement, Re: the image from which is based his “change”/”hope” image), I still think that he is pretty freaking awesome. A lot of street artists feel like Fairey has sort of sold out, with his commercial projects. He did a Saks ad last year (proceeds went to charity). Then there is his Obey line of clothing. Obey is what brought him to Times Square last night. He created a live installation to promote the collaboration that Obey is doing with Levi’s. The installation was right in front of the Levi’s store in Times Square. I was covering the event for SoJones. It was pretty cool hanging out, like that, with one of my long time, idols. I had a really great time shooting it.

Sorry to bomb this post all up with so many photos, but I really liked all of these.

^—There was a pretty solid crowd spectating (like there ever isn’t one, in TS)

^–Even though this thing was probably going straight in the trash, Shep still paid attention to detail.

Below was shot from a cherry picker. I kind of liked this vantage point. I wished that I had brought more lenses.

It’s all about perspective. To me, this piece is absolutely amazing.

I almost wish that there were an aerial shot, for contrast. The artist is Rub Home Kandy. This photo comes by way of Unurth.

I saw this gem about 20 feet up on the wall adjacent to the old First Methodist Church on John Street. I saw it on my way to the gym last week. I’m not 100% sure who the artist is. But I have a pretty good idea of who it was. This photo is with the b-berry cam (as if there was any doubt, judging from the super high res).

On a totally unrelated note: When I was downloading the photo above, I saw and remembered the shot below, that I took on Sept. 11, this year. These flags are in front of 7 WTC. I thought it was kind of cool.

This beauty comes by way of  dug_da_bug’s flickr collection (Madrid), and is captioned with “girls just wanna have fun.” Hahahahaha. So good.

I cracked up when I saw this twist on the infamous Shepard Fairey Andre the Giant stencil. It comes from PAtriX Flickr Album. It is part of her “Berlin” set. So I’m assuming that is where she shot it. The artist appears to be Elio Varuna. I thought it was kind of clever.

This shot comes from Jef Aerosol’s Flickr (who is also apparently the artist). I cracked up, when I first saw this shot. I love the way that Brando is totally straight faced. I also like it because Reagan and I are such fans of Vespas. I can’t tell if this is painted or wheatpaste. Either way, it is pretty cool.

This one comes to us from Bigbozo’s flickr. It is in his South Wales collection. It is unclear who the artist is. But I’m totally digging this Audrey stencil.

Once again this comes by way of Wooster, from Traseone. Mini shadow skater stencils. Sick.