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Mobiloil & Dunlop Tyres from Down Under – Brunswick East, Melbourne, OZ – Gabriele Rigato & John Hunter, Lost Melbourne

Lost Melbourne Facebook Group © Gabriele Rigato

Since I started photographing signs in 1983, I have been impressed that no one ever put graffiti on any of the signs regardless of whether they were on existing buildings, construction sites or demolition areas. The most I had seen was four chalk marks someone had drawn in the ring of a letter “O” to make a face out of it. The graffiti drawn on the Dunlop sign is a very recent exception. The Mobiloil sign is untouched. – John Hunter

Old Sign Writing – March 2, 2015 © John Hunter

Featured Fade – Reckitt’s Blue Pentimento – Melbourne, OZ – Nicole Wilson

200 Commercial Road – © Nicole Wilson

Hue & Saturation reveals a sunburst from another ad. © Nicole Wilson

 

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