Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Rob Ford's graffiti battle goes on

I got a wee shout-out this past Sunday (April 22nd) on CTV National News, thanks to friend-of-the-blog and prolific photographer Martin Reis.  He was interviewed on the subject of Rob Ford-themed graffiti and the launch of Ford's new anti-graffiti iPhone app.


CTV National News - Battling against graffiti (video)
Graffiti is a problem that plagues most Canadian cities and one mayor is deploying new weapons to battle against the unauthorized art. John Vennavally-Rao with more on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's tactics.


Photos by Martin Reis; images courtesy of CTV National News

That's the Rob Ford stencil from Graffiti Alley at 00:13, in amongst the many pieces that Martin has documented.  He also breaks the news of his forthcoming iPad app, which will provide commentary and a handy database of his 200+ photos of the mayoral muse. 

We'll see whose app proves more popular.  I will have plenty more to say on the subject soon.