The award-winning ‘Bring The Paint’ International Street Art Festival was established in 2017 by Graffwerk. As far as I am aware, it only happens in Leicester in the UK every two years. This fun and immersive event includes live artworks, skateboarding, breakdancing, BMX, live music and exhibitions. Artists from all over the world come together to showcase an impressive artistic talent, which also inspires other creative activities around the City of Leicester.
All the images in this montage were taken in 2022 on a Rolleiflex 3.5f using Lomography Metropilis 120 film, donated by Lomography, at a street photography walk with good friends from Leicester Lo-Fi. One image (the portrait in blue) was taken with Fuji Provia. Leicester Lo-Fi promotes fine art and traditional photographic processes, through the provision of specialist knowledge and facilities, education and exhibitions and shared know-how. The Rolleiflex camera of course has a fixed lens and the artworks are installed at various heights, some with huge scale and installed at a distance, which precludes a fixed lens with no zoom capability. My images are therefore limited to those taken at ground level. It is always a thoroughly enjoyable day and hopefully there will be a similar event in 2026, and something special promised for 2027, the Festival’s 10th Anniversary.
