Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine BWR aka Bob Will Reign aka Bob might be one of the the original Philly sticker artists who got the ball rolling back in the early 2000′s. Back when I started shooting street art I saw BWR EVERYWHERE and if you buffed him he was back the very next day, which was awesome and made me laugh. At that time Malic, Morg and BWR’s partner in crime El ...
“It’s hard for me to stomach the thought of working at some company for years and not having some direct link to the heart of the business. I see so many people, just fucking zombies, killing themselves everyday for the benefit of some suits in an office down the hall, that’s just not us.”
-Chris Fireoved
Interview & Portrait Photograph by Theo Constantinou
Additional Photographs by Zander Taketomo
Introduction by Jimmy McDonald
Chris Mulhern and Chris Fireoved were among the ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine What can I say that has not already been said? Stikman goes back a LONG way in the street art world, before some of the new kids on today’s sticker scene here in Philadelphia and NYC were even born; their parents were just getting drunk in the 1980′s! Without a doubt Stikman is my favorite Philly street artist, even if he does not live here, he seems ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine NE Philly rail road graffiti is where I head when I need to get an aerosol fix… I almost always feel better after a ride up to Trenton and back on the rails. Downtown Philly is not known for its killer graffiti in the traditional aerosol sense for a variety of reasons. Even the more blown out and abandoned areas around the city while they have pieces up ...
A series by Nic Esposito – “Notes From the Urban Homestead” for Paradigm Magazine Nic Esposito is a writer, urban farmer and founder of The Head & The Hand Press. Original Artwork for Paradigm Magazine by Amanda Gallant When I first met our new neighbors, I was clearing out some brush behind the house, putting it in the pile of trash that had accumulated ever since the old tenants moved out of the row house next door. The ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine For this installment of Post No Bills, I want to bring out Vedo, aka Vedo1–who first showed up on my radar in late 2007 or early 2008 out on the streets of Philly. First thing I noticed walking around looking was the “eyebrows”…they just popped out at me, like Prince Charles ears do! LOL. Vedo is one of the old heads on the scene now but he came ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine I “discovered” HOW and NOSM via a friend of mine and inspiration for street art photography, New York City’s incredible, Luna Park. Back in 2010, we were doing a photo walk around Williamsburg in Brooklyn and she took me to see a piece they did on the Rock Star Bar and my mind was blown. They covered the entire building in their hyper-detailed mural style and I ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine I began noticing what I thought were small Lego toys glued up on the streets sometime in mid 2011 around Northern Liberties, Olde City and the areas in between while hunting for other street art. Upon closer inspection, I saw they were tagged and had some modifications to the heads of the tiny toys. I was immediately taken and began looking for more (very similar to ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine Curly first caught my attention on the streets of Philly about 10-11 months ago; I started to see these semi-sardonic and playful sayings put up on news boxes around the city with a logo attached to them all. After a few weeks, I paid some closer attention and noticed that pretty much everyone on the scene was, too; Curly had arrived. In a short amount of time, ...
Photographs & Words by Damon Landry for Paradigm Magazine UWP is one of the first street artists I saw when I first moved to Philadelphia nine years ago, along with a handful of others who came along slightly before UWP, such as BWR, El Toro, Malic and Bloopa. Those days got me started documenting the scene here in Philly and really I am still going today–mainly because of UWP. His work always made me crack up ...
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