Pay The Bridge Trolls

Posted by Sylvia Van Nooten (Milano, Italy) on 18 February 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.

I suspect they come alive when no one is around and eat cigarette butts and drink the blood of rats.....

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

Comments (10)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Very cool... Wonderful sepia.

18 Feb 2007 8:10am

Fred from Easton PA, United States

The photo is great and I dig your commentary !

18 Feb 2007 8:56am

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Cool street art, the grain and the way you've processed it lends itself well to the subject; very gritty very urban. Great shot

18 Feb 2007 10:46am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Love this shot - such a dark but warm feeling, foreboding, but at the same time ludicrous. I must admit to having a soft spot for (creative) street art, and this shows why.

18 Feb 2007 2:46pm

@Damon Schreiber: Ah Damon, 'warm, foreboding and ludicrous'---and that also sums up my life! It's lovely to find such metaphor amongst the thought waves the are hitting my foil helmet.......ping ping ping...."Hello? Is this God? Just one of God's minions? F. OFF RAT BASTARD!!!"

(cue more mad laughter followed by heavy belching.... )

adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain

Great constrast on the shot! Details on the wall stands out!

18 Feb 2007 3:30pm

Jorgen from Spain

I laughed when I saw it! The mood is set by the contrasty B&W with its grain and noise plus the good composition. Excellent!

18 Feb 2007 3:45pm

Sylvia from Milano, Italy

THANK you everyone. I am inspired to go out and find some more graffiti tonight. With my trusty rat spear and foil helmet, I can't lose, can I?

18 Feb 2007 5:51pm

objectif-plume from Belgium

c'est clair et sombre. j'aime beaucoup

18 Feb 2007 6:46pm

jennifer radio from United States

This is a fantastic shot!

18 Feb 2007 8:32pm

zach siebert from Italy

now here's an image after my own heart! the other night i actually saw one come alive, but it was eating tagliatelle al ragu. i have to keep remembering to come by here more often!

18 Feb 2007 9:37pm

@zach siebert: Distinctively 'Italian' graffit, eh? It's eats pasta and damned if that isn't mama in the upper left corner looking weepy....

Not that I want to perpetuate cultural stereotypes of course...I've been here almost ten years and GOD FORBID I ever be so insensitive....Now, where IS my tinfoil helmet?

THANKS everyone! I took a bunch more tonight, graffiti in fact, really fun. More to come.

GROUP HUG!!!!!!

Sorry, a little whacky this evening...it will passs......

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