“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.”
― Banksy
El Pajaro y la Nina by Ray Smith, 2016 Mexico/New York, Material Reclaimed Tires/Poured Concrete
Poydras Street, New Orleans
In the City of New Orleans there is a fantastic arrangement of sculpture along Poydras Street. Walking down and back from my son’s apartment to the Running of the Bulls I took photos of a few of them that I’ll share with you.
I don’t know what I like the best… the sculpture by Ray Smith… or the giant poster for Zatarains.
Bill Chance 
I can tell you, Bill, I sure dig Zatarain’s rice. That’s some good eating right there, sparky.
“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that…” brand names become common everyday words without people even realising it. Band-Aids, iPhone, Hoover, Crock-Pot, Google…