The Power of the Internet or How I Wound Up in an Art Exhibit in Germany
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Last year, I wrote a blog post, The Greece I Saw, June, 2012 in which I described my impressions of traveling in Greece during their economic crisis. Included in that post were photographs I took of protest graffiti in Athens. Then in June of this year I had a rather unusual comment left on my blog:
Dear Lisa,
Street Art and Protest Culture in the city of Augsburg, Germany and we are interested in showing your photo of the graffiti wall you posted on this site.
If you are interested, please mail me.
Beste regards,
Lisa
Stunned that someone in Germany had read my blog and quite pleased that they wanted to use my photograph, I didn't hesitate to say yes. For months I heard nothing more, and when I searched for information about the organization, I couldn't find anything about it. Finally, I emailed Lisa again, asking her about what had happened with my photograph. She was kind enough to send me photos of the exhibition as well as a link to their Facebook page: COLORREVOLUTION! Street Art und Protestkultur. It looks like the event was fascinating. How I wish I could have been there! I'm just grateful that I have these images of it.
Here are the photographs Lisa took.
If you have better eyesight than me, you might be able to see what it says on the plaque, Foto: Lisa Rizzo.
That small photograph in the corner is mine.
Once again I am awed at the power of the internet to get my work out into the world.
Dear Lisa,
Street Art and Protest Culture in the city of Augsburg, Germany and we are interested in showing your photo of the graffiti wall you posted on this site.
If you are interested, please mail me.
Beste regards,
Lisa
Stunned that someone in Germany had read my blog and quite pleased that they wanted to use my photograph, I didn't hesitate to say yes. For months I heard nothing more, and when I searched for information about the organization, I couldn't find anything about it. Finally, I emailed Lisa again, asking her about what had happened with my photograph. She was kind enough to send me photos of the exhibition as well as a link to their Facebook page: COLORREVOLUTION! Street Art und Protestkultur. It looks like the event was fascinating. How I wish I could have been there! I'm just grateful that I have these images of it.
Here are the photographs Lisa took.
If you have better eyesight than me, you might be able to see what it says on the plaque, Foto: Lisa Rizzo.That small photograph in the corner is mine.
Once again I am awed at the power of the internet to get my work out into the world.