A Graffiti Story” Spotlights the Journeys of Five Artists

Tracing the emergence of graffiti from an underground subculture into a legitimate profession, Duality: A Graffiti Story — directed by Ryan Dowling — focuses on the struggles and successes of five noted graffiti artists. In the Buffalo 8 documentary feature film, legendary writers Meres One, Dual, Sloke, Jaber and Never1959 share their challenges and ventures as they reflect on their personal journeys in this ever-evolving culture.

Many graffiti writers — who were initially deemed as vandals for their tagging and illegal interventions — now earn wide recognition and respect for their stirring murals that grace cities across the globe. Their aesthetics have made their way inside and outside a range of upscale properties from luxury hotels to major corporations — who court them to enhance the “coolness” of their brands.

Once working mainly clandestinely, these artists now foster community, as they share their talents openly with others

Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the folks driving the story

NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) – Danish Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire on Friday masking the war in Afghanistan, was a mostly self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession even though documenting wars, riots and human suffering.

A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his spouse Rike and two youthful children.

He was section of a group that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Aspect Images in 2018 for documenting Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee disaster, a collection explained by the judging committee as “shocking images that exposed the earth to the violence Rohingya refugees confronted in fleeing Myanmar.”

Buddies and colleagues described a male who cared deeply about the stories he protected, carrying out meticulous exploration prior to embarking on assignments and constantly focusing on the persons caught up in the news.

“Even in breaking news cycles he would consider about humanizing a tale,