Name:
Luna Park

City:
Brooklyn

Country:
USA

What do you do?:
To pay the bills, I work as a reference librarian, but my obsession is photographing and documenting urban art.

Your website:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunapark/

Your favorite artists?:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Caspar David Friedrich, Albrecht D¸rer

Off the top of my head, Swoon, Elbow-Toe, Os Gemeos, C215, Booker, Revs... but there are too many favorites to name.


Suggested websites, books, galleries, or places:
Websites:
For my daily street art fix, Flickr. Photostreams of note: for Berlin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/justusjonas/; for Paris, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitostreet/; for London, http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanywg/.
http://streetfiles.org/
http://www.ilovegraffiti.de/en

Brooklyn galleries:
Ad Hoc Art: http://www.adhocart.org/
Factory Fresh: http://www.factoryfresh.net/
Brooklynite: http://www.brooklynitegallery.com/

What do you have a passion for?:
Family, friends, my cat, photography, street art, graffiti, travel, freedom, the color red, sunglasses, chunky jewelry, cheese...

What inspires you?:
The dedication and determination of everyone who puts work on the street AND those that document it; the support of the street art and photoblogging communities; New York City...

What does the future hold for you?:
I'm currently working on co-curating a group show, but it's too early to get into details.
One of these days, I'd like to make a book.
For the most part, I'm happiest wandering the streets of NYC with my camera.