Environmental Graffiti

Mount Vesuvius Erupting in 1944

It was 1944 and the Second World War was raging. In Italy, American airmen were stationed at Pompeii Airfield when the debris started falling, but this was no ordinary wartime air raid. The cinder and rock dropping from the sky were being sent forth by the volcano dominating the horizon: Mount Vesuvius. Overhead, bombers wheeled in the air, their pilots’ minds turning from the threat of flack to an altogether more pervasive menace.

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Lightning Vs Aeroplanes

Lightning striking any object is enough to send shivers down your spine, but when the object is an aeroplane, it's an event that can shake us to our very bones. Every time a plane plummets from the sky, we are reminded of how precarious flying is for us humans, and the force of lightning seems to highlight how much the heavens' odds seem stacked against us. Yet exactly what danger does it present to planes?

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The Aircraft Boneyard: Where Aircraft Go To Die

Continuing Environmental Graffiti’s “lost” theme this week, Chris Ingham Brooke – Chief Graffiti Artist had the chance to catch up with legendary night-time photographer Troy Paiva to talk about his work: Lost America. DINOSAUR [...]

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