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Picasso - light graffiti

Submitted by kiwee on Sunday, 28 June 200927 Comments

In 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in Vallauris, France. He showed Pablo some photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark. Picasso was immediately inspired, these photos were the result.

Via LIFE mag gallery

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27 Comments »

Jon said:

Wow, these are some really old pictures! I had no idea people have been doing light graffiti for so long.

- 1 July 2009 at 9:04 pm

dR dMo said:

Hmm, some potential I suppose. Can’t see him ever making a name for himself though.

- 12 July 2009 at 10:46 pm

linas said:

Wow!

- 12 July 2009 at 10:48 pm

Sean said:

yeah and ppl think that light graffiti is new

- 12 July 2009 at 11:21 pm

fan said:

dR dMo you’re a retard.
Thats Picasso, I’m not sure but I think he’s famous

- 13 July 2009 at 3:36 am

Kayla said:

dR dMo said:

Hmm, some potential I suppose. Can’t see him ever making a name for himself though.

..you’re joking right?

- 13 July 2009 at 9:08 am

pwnzord said:

dR dMo is a TROLL

- 14 July 2009 at 5:10 pm

jjpash said:

okay. C’mon ppl… It’s picaso, of course he was joking. How coarse are you guys?

- 14 July 2009 at 9:09 pm

LvL-1201 said:

Seems like some people dont fully understand how sarcasm works…

- 17 July 2009 at 8:18 pm

MelB said:

LOL @ dR dMO. Made me laugh. xD

- 30 July 2009 at 11:51 pm

tomc said:

responder “fan” uses to sarcasm to reveal that he/she doesn’t recognize sarcasm when it’s used! Now that’s funny!

- 10 August 2009 at 7:37 pm

sno-kite said:

Really cool. Thanks!
I’m betting that Mr. Picasso will be a success.(LOL @ dr DMO!)

- 9 September 2009 at 8:27 pm

max said:

Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.

Light Graffiti is a stupid name for it, but these are cool pics anyway. I had no idea Picasso did that.

- 9 September 2009 at 9:20 pm

jaka said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

- 21 September 2009 at 7:25 pm

doghed said:

handsome devil is he not. the look in his eyes when he is drawing the figure of the bull is so full of glee.

- 9 October 2009 at 2:17 am

dean said:

wow thats amazing

- 22 December 2009 at 4:40 pm

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- 11 February 2010 at 2:57 pm

The Baldchemist said:

There’s a beautiful story of when someone wanting to buy a picture from Picasso asked why he charged so much when the canvas, oils and brushes only cost 50 dollars.

Picasso took out his wallet gave the guy a fifty and said “here you do it”.

Keep that in mind when your clients ask why you charge like a wounded bull. Because you’re special!

Thanks for the post by the way. Oh and its ironey not sarcasm.

- 11 February 2010 at 9:41 pm

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- 12 February 2010 at 5:01 pm

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- 15 February 2010 at 11:35 am

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- 6 March 2010 at 11:27 pm

SteveS said:

These are awesome! Amazing! I’ve tried this a few times but can neverthink what to draw (is draw the right word??) Does anyone know if you can buy prints of these?

- 8 March 2010 at 11:40 am

Eryc said:

LOL

Okay, so some of you don’t think this guy will make a name for himself.. not realizing these pictures are from like 60 years ago.

And then some of you think those people are idiots because this is after all, Picaso, the artist who is very famous indeed…

And I think those people are idiots because this isn’t Picaso but someone doing Picaso-like art.

And others will think I’m an idiot because I didn’t realize the people in the first two groups were trolls..

And then the people from the first group will think that last group are idiots because trolls live under bridges and don’t have Internet access.:)

- 19 March 2010 at 3:21 am

Anna said:

I can’t believe there are so many people who do not know Picasso!

- 23 March 2010 at 6:12 pm

Jess said:

Eryc-That is Picasso so I don’t know what you are talking about, it explains above that the photographer took pictures of Pablo Picasso for LIFE magazine.

- 5 April 2010 at 6:15 am

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