The best and worst thing about doing street photography is running into life clues. Now you’d think a clue like this on a random sidewalk is just someone bored and into vandalism. But you’d be wrong. The amount of human shit smeared on sidewalks I’ve witnessed in Los Angeles is staggering. And yes, I have photos of people taking a dump on sidewalks that I’ll probably never share publicly.
Where is American society going? I say American because I’ve traveled quite a bit and never witnessed smeared human shit in other countries . My experience is of course my own and it’s possible this happens elsewhere…and I’m sure it does.
This photo was taken about 100 yards from Muscle Beach in Santa Monica which contains a bathroom with about 12 stalls. It’s quite sad someone had to write this on a sidewalk, but also so close to public restrooms.
Chris Athanasiadis 