The street art and graffiti in Teotitlan del Valle were very interesting last week. There is always a theme and it appears like various groups are encouraged to get out and create something, because there must have been twenty different displays. I will have to go back and shoot a few more of them.
Domestic violence awareness and sexual preference tolerance were clearly the motifs and it made me think just how tolerant and enlightened the people are. I tried to imagine a city in the States where such public art and attitudes could be displayed without getting trashed or creating backlash.
Who knows, maybe there is some form of backlash in Teo, but I did not see it. In fact, look at the equipment these guys have, a nice air brush and compressor. No simple tagging in the dead of night, right out in the open for people to watch..
The finished product.
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