Backflashes

Graffiti does not only exist from the colours and shapes of the letters and the figures, but in large part from the moments, impressions and emotions.

Experienced in the subjective perspective, these exciting and adrenalin packed night-time actions simply stay personal snapshots of the writers. Unique and unrepeatable. Moments in which many a writer wishes to dwell on forever. Moments, which only exists along memory and hardly can be understand by outsiders.

For more than 6 years ruedione is accompanying graffiti writers around the world on their rambles to catch these special moments for eternity. With professional equipment and a trained eye he mangages it to document the atmosphere of these rambles in a really authentic way. To ruedione it’s not about graffiti itself, than about the acting writers. It’s more about the moment the writer is experiencing. The stress, the adrenaline, the smell of the colour, the darkness, often a vibrant metropolis in the background.

ruedione’s BACKFLASHES –GRAFFITI TALES is much more than just a photo album. With its black and white shots he manages it to transport emotions one hardly can put into words. ruedione takes the viewer along those rambles instead of telling about it. He takes her/him along as a silent observer, amongst the crew, between the rails and all the stress and lets her/him take part in this adventure.

On more than 200 pages, besides ruedione, artists like DAZE, JEPSY, DARE, ANGER, and many more have one’s say. With statements about bombing and personal reflections of their nightly rambles they underline those unique snapshots.

Much more than photography, much more than graffiti.