Photograph by Paul Corliss 2456

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A photograph of a paste-up of a digger, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2457

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A photograph of a paste-up of a digger, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".

Shaken But Not Deterred

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The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 176

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A graffiti paste-up of a digger on the side of a building in the central city. The artist has added a speech bubble reading, "Nom, nom".

Band-Aid Bandits Photograph 2

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A photograph of a paste-up on an earthquake-damaged brick wall. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 7

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A photograph of a young child playing with bubble wrap at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed-dancing session. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Nom Nom and Best Demo 2012 Photograph 2

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A photograph of a paste-up on a wall on Peterborough Street. The paste-up depicts an excavator picking up demolition material, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".

Nom Nom and Best Demo 2012 Photograph 3

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A photograph of a paste-up on a wall on Peterborough Street. The paste-up depicts an excavator picking up demolition material, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".

Band-Aid Bandits Photograph 5

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A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".

Band-Aid Bandits Photograph 4

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A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".

Band-Aid Bandits Photograph 1

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A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".

Band-Aid Bandits Photograph 3

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A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2012:03:27 04:20:22)

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A photograph of street art on the side of a building on Colombo Street. The art depicts a man embracing a grieving woman. A speech bubble to the side reads, "You can paint, but we can't!".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2012:03:27 04:20:29)

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A photograph of street art on the side of a building on Colombo Street. The art depicts a man embracing a grieving woman. A speech bubble to the side reads, "You can paint, but we can't!".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2092

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Mural on the side wall of Perry's Cafe on Madras Street. It depicts two work men; one speech bubble saying "Is my crack showing?" and in other other it says "Don't be silly!". A topical joke about the cracks on the wall and Christchurch in general.

wairoa street red zone

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one of Christchurch's abandoned suburbs. The land moved - bricks and block walls everywhere collapsed - two multi story buildings folded - 184 people died. Wooden framed houses largely stayed up, many concrete slabs cracked, power poles leaned in liquid ground, surface bubbled, services ruptured .... damage to the cbd still gets the most cover...