Currently dotted around Milton Keynes are a collection of characters from Disney's 1967 animated film 'Jungle Book'. None of them are partially hard to find - that is once you've seen them.
The pieces have been produced and are advertised by the twitter account @gridkidz whose profile page describes them as 'Suburban Street Art. Finders Keepers.'. The pieces are all produced using spray paint onto hardboard which is quite amazing when you see how much detail there is. When I mentioned the pieces to my cousins in Bedfordshire they thought that maybe the MK council had a come up with the idea, but to the best of my knowledge they haven't, its a completely rouge initiative. I'm particularly fond of the unorthodox public art pieces, though I'm not condoning graffiti but if someone is particularly talented with a spray can and can improve the feel of a normally plain concrete wall - Why Not? Anyway if your the passenger of someone driving around Milton Keynes why not keep you eyes out for the pieces. Best be quick though some people take the statement 'Finders Keepers' literally and they tend to disappear quite quickly.
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I find it really upsetting when people choose to steal others work for their own commercial gain. This blog entry is the result of a twitter conversation with a local media outlet in my home town of Milton Keynes. They'd used my image of a road sign to promote themselves and their website on social networks, when confronted they were all apologetic until I advised them I would be invoicing them for the usage. At which point they took the article down.
I suppose it is not their fault, it happens all the time so it must be ok! Both my brothers have been given homework which included the statement 'Go home and google a subject and bring the images in'. What they fail to instil in the psyche of these young individuals is that one day such a act of digital thief might get them in serious trouble. I once has a conversation on this subject to which someone replied 'but you put them online so what do you expect' and my answer is always - I put them online to share them with others not hand them out for free, I take some pretty random images of normally boring things but i find them interesting, and given the amount of people with access to the internet there is bound to be another soul out there with similar interests who agrees with me. Photography is not a money making exercise for me, is a hobby, it's a very expensive one but its something that I like to do to help keep myself amused. I don't look to get paid from the images I take but I take offence from others doing so without my permission. They are also doing people who are very talented and do make a living from it an injustice also. So if your looking for images to use on your website or on your blog and don't have anything to spend on images why not get your camera out and take a picture yourself? It will be a lot better as you'd own the copyright and would guarantee it is just what you want. Failing that there are website which you can buy photos from such as http://www.istockphoto.com. If you really don't have any money why not try the usage rights tab in Google Search - but still check! They might have got it wrong and it doesn't hurt to ask. Anyway I feel this article has been a bit of a negative one which is why I want to share this video with you - |