Graffiti art on Peterborough Street.
Graffiti art on Peterborough Street.
Graffiti on a damaged building on Colombo Street. The photographer comments, "This street art has been unseen by the general Christchurch population as it was off limits in the Red Zone".
A photograph of street art. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street".
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Spence Kingi pulling a woman from the rubble.
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Spence Kingi pulling a woman from the rubble.
A photograph of street art on a wall beside a building site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street".
A photograph of street art on a wall beside a building site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street".
Graffiti on a brick wall reads "Pray hope and don't worry". The photographer comments, "Seen on a wall on Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch".
A photograph of a damaged electricity substation. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Asaph Street".
Graffiti on a damaged building. The photographer comments, "They should have painted four leaf clover, if they wanted this tagging to survive the demolition of the earthquake damaged Ozone in Christchurch
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue".
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. The image has been further graffitied to hide the officer's uniform, and the original advertisement text ("You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop.") altered to read "You too can do something ordinary. Become a human".
Graffiti of an angel clutching a bottle, accompanied by the text "Chritchurch (sic) living make a good man drink." The photographer comments, "Living in Christchurch during the earthquakes was hard on all of us. Some people got drunk to forget or blot out the aftershocks, whilst others dare not drink so that they would be in full control just in case another big earthquake/aftershock occurred. As of today 24 September 2011 there has been 8660 earthquakes/aftershocks in the Christchurch area".