Art – Page 13 – Travelcraft Journal

To me, travel photography is about really seeing a place – its essence, its quirks, unexpected juxtapositions, the telling detail or perspective, its cast of characters going about their lives. Often, we have to travel somewhere new before we even notice these things or think to capture them.

Here are 3 Instagram photographers, who – whether they’re home or away – catch those views, those moments, that others just let slip by. They inspire me to take better travel photos and to keep my eyes open, even in my home town.

1. neilochka (Neil Kramer)

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2. whyilovewhereilive (Why I Love Where I Live)

https://instagram.com/p/bE6hFAwDVO/

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3. girlontheband (Emily Lewin)

http://instagram.com/p/g9XXhvxcaD/

http://instagram.com/p/f1PH4exce-/

Check out each of their feeds for more amazing captures!

P.S. Since we’re on the topic and maybe you’re wondering where the sidebar pics from my Instagram went, something went wrong with the plugin I was using for that, and it (briefly) shut down my site. So I got rid of it, and I’m a little hesitant to install another one.

One of the things San Francisco’s Mission District is famous for is street art.

There are portraits painted on shop entryways, sketches on sidewalks, and whole alleyways covered in giant murals, like public open-air museums. Some murals have social messages, some are funny, some are abstract. They’re all fascinating.

I visited the mural-covered Balmy Alley in 2012, during the San Francisco portion of our Epic California Road Trip (that I keep alluding to and still hope to write all about one of these days). More recently, on my BlogHer Pro trip in October, I got to wander through Clarion Alley with two of my cousins. They got deep into a discussion, while I snapped the photos I’m sharing with you in this post.

Art in Clarion Alley and throughout the Mission is raw and colorful. It speaks a different language than art that hangs in air-conditioned buildings and says “Hey! I am in a frame, so adore me!” Instead of being enshrined, it must be discovered in the wild, searched out in the nooks and crannies of the city.

You have to keep your eyes open in the Mission. You might step on a statement or pass by a masterpiece.

Art is everywhere.

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Mission Street Art: Clarion Alley