by Brian Clinebell
Have you ever seen those bathrooms that get tagged up? I’ve seen them a bunch of times in LA and New York. I was inspired to create a backdrop with that kind of graffiti. This was one of the first pieces I worked on for Paul last September.
Mari Ehlert posing in front of Brian's original 4' x 8' graffiti studio art work.
To add a little flair to the background I made some stencils of images that I have worked with before. I married my background with a shot by Paul – and I think we ended up with some really great pictures taken against this background.
Note from Pb:
Brian’s graffiti art was the first of several of his pieces commissioned for use in my studio. Now that we’ve had several successful shoots with it I think we should transform this into a framed piece of wall art like we’d originally planned.
Brian also introduced me to Mari Ehlert at the Ken Cafe. She did a great job modeling a 60’s dress suit I’d found in New York’s garment district.
Perhaps inspired by Brian’s ideas, on my next trip to the big city I took the following photo of Bianca in Williamsburg posing in front of some rather elaborate and colorful outer space robot public graffiti.
Bianca wearing a raincoat by New York designer Levi Okunov in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Tags: Art, Art Photography, Fashion Photography, Graphic Design, Paul Burlingame, San Diego Photography
