The kind of stylized graffiti you often find commissioned in public places does nothing much for me…the graffiti found in unfrequented spaces like dilapidated fire escapes, dodgy public toilets, and abandoned mental hospitals, on the other hand, fascinates me as seeming pure and direct expressions of the Id often featuring violent, hateful, sexual and or racist content.

The first and second photo was taken at Granton Breakwater, North Edinburgh. The third photo was taken at the abandoned San Antonio asylum. The fourth photo was taken at the abandoned St Vincent asylum in Oklahoma. The fifth photo was taken by me in the fire escape of my old apartment complex(I remember I took other photos with legible graffiti, but if I did these have since been deleted and never to be recovered).