Taken in a Skate Park

This picture was taken in a skate park in Christchurch. Christchurch in England, not New Zealand, in case you wondered. It's called We Love. I thin k I've explained before that the titles derive from the grafitti, so whatever's written with the heart becomes the title. It makes for some interesting titles, especially when the language gets a little purple, or the photograph is taken in Italy - Italians are profusive in their expressions of amore!

So this was called We Love, which I found interesting in itself, as it didn't say what they love. Is it that they were disturbed while writing, and perhaps it was going to say something like 'we love the underside of skate ramps', or maybe it's as simple as it is. They love. Why not?

I was really pleased with the landscape side too - I love the texture of pebbledash, with its aggression and its depressing association with postwar utilitarianism, and the broken window is just beautiful. The soft curves of the tag across it contrasts nicely with the sharpness of the stone and of the shattered window too - something for us to love...