Street art
Street artist Shepard Fairey painted Echo Park skate shop Brooklyn Projects. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
A mural by the Seventh Letter Crew rests on a building next to a vacant lot near 1600 N. Western Avenue in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
A figure created by The Street Phantom stands on the bottom of a set of stairs at the Sunset Pacific Motel along Sunset Blvd. in Silver Lake. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
A pedestrian approaches a piece by street artist Banksy of an old woman entitled, “You looked better on myspace,” as another piece by Thierry Guetta peers over a tree near the 7100 block of Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
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A pedestrian approaches a piece by street artist Thierry Guetta on a side street near 7600 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
A pedestrian walks past a mural by street artist Elmac in the 300 block of La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / LAT)
Street artist Shepard Fairey stands infront of one of his creations on the side of Brooklyn Projects skakeboarding shop in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Fairey is the creator of the OBEY posters featuring Andre the Giant’s face and has his own design firm, “Studio Number One,” based in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / LAT)