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Tacna & Emancipacion

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Street art murals seen in downtown Lima, at the corner of Av. Tacna and Av. Emancipacion

below: Selling shoes, sitting on the sidewalk under the sleeping guy with many ears.
A man and a woman are selling shoes. They have bags of stuff beside them on the sidewalk, there is a mural on the wall behind them of a man lying down. He has his eyes closed. He has at least 3 pairs of ears.

below: Ignoring the yells as she walks past

A woman is walking past a mural on a wall. An open mouth is yelling with flames and blue lines coming out of it. It looks like she is being yelled at by the mural.

below: There are hands that point and open hands to hold

Two women are walking past a mural on a wall, there is a large hand that is part of the mural.

below: “Hoy soy libre, manana tambien” – today I am free, tomorrow as well

Street art in bright colours of the words, Hoy soy libre, manana tambien

below: plug in to grow, green power, electricity for life….

part of a street art painting, a hand is hold a red extension cord. A stem with a few leaves at one end has an electrical plug at the other end. The green plug is being inserted into the red extension cord outlet.

below: He comes to life

two men are painting a mural of a man. One man is standing on two buckets so that he can reach near the top of the wall

below: Painting

a man is painting a piece of street art on a street corner in Lima.

below: All smiles, with orange peels, by Toxicomano

A large face of a man in black and white on a black and red horizontal striped background. There are some garbage bags full of orange peels in front of the mural.

below: “Toxicomano”

face in black, on yellows, oranges and reds

below: hanging out on Tacna with the street art

People on the sidewalk passing by a large mural street art piece with colourful faces, Tacna Lima Peru

below: The dog is watching. “Ya te sabe” – already you know

Street art of a large black and white dog in profile. He is looking at a group of children. Behind them is shapes in red, blue and yellow with stencils on them of the words ya tu sabe, and of cannisters of poison. The piece is signed by toxicomano

below: partially hidden behind his hand

close up of a graffiti picture of a boy's face. He has his hand in front of his mouth and chin

below: Is she carrying a sweet and/or toxic load?

Black and white graffiti of a woman with a basket of fruit on her head. Pineapple hand grenade graffiti on the wall behind her.

below: Pineapple hand grenade

A stencil graffiti of a hand grenade that has a pineapple top. Black on a blue and red background. It could be a hand grenade or a pineapple

Photos taken March 2014 (some files, once lost have now been found)