(Q) How long have you been taking photos of graffiti & what interests you to do so?

(A) I began taking pics of graffiti the same day I bought my 1st DSLR back in 2006. I was driving home thru Houston’s East End when something colorful flashed in my rear view mirror. I busted a U-Turn and stopped near a run down abandoned building. The broken walls were covered in graffiti. This was the first pic I took – and its still my favorite til this day:

http://flickr.com/photos/marcofromhouston/1280845617/

Since then, I’ve been trying to capture the same “high” I got that day from hunting graffiti.

(Q) Do you own photo albums of actual prints or do you prefer digital?

(A) I’ve never owned a film camera. I have worked with film on projects with other photographers, but nothing graff related. My photography (graffiti, concerts, portraits) is all digital. I have printed many of my graffiti shots for art shows, and i’ve been lucky enough to sell most of the prints. I love to have my images printed on Metallic paper – it makes the piece and the colors “pop” like you wouldn’t believe! I recently had the “JADE DTS” pic printed in a huge 72×48 size…… I have it hanging on my wall at home.

(Q) How many photos are in your personal collection?

(A) I only have about 1300 graffiti pics posted on Flickr. I have maybe 3 or four times that many saved on 2 hard drives at home. That’s nothing compared to the other photogs featured on Aerosol Fiends……

(Q) Do you feel photography plays a major role in documenting graffiti culture?

(A) Documenting – yes. As much as you can describe a piece of graffiti to someone, there is nothing like actually showing them a picture. Well, actually – seeing it in person is the best way. So yea – Photography is the next best thing to being there…….

(Q) Do you have any crazy stories or memorable moments while taking photos?

(A) I went to Cali last year and I worked for the famous photographer Estevan Oriol for a few days. One of the walls in his studio had some big graffiti names on it (Tlok, Bucket, Claw Money). Then we worked on a large production video/photo shoot in Downtown LA the next day, and Rime MSK was there painting a wall for the shoot! I got to sit and talk to him for a while.

Location: Houston, TX

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