Photo Shoot And Reflection Lil Havana

Photo Shoot

         The city that never sleeps. The city with vibrant culture and beautiful beaches, Miami. In Miami there's a place called Little Havana that is full of Cuban culture and it's usually full of life with teenagers everywhere up to no good spray painting everywhere but I found a graffiti that caught my eye. It was a graffiti of Dwayne Wade outside of a local smoke shop. I looked more into this and the artist actually reached out to the owner to paint it on his shop in order to welcome back Dwayne Wade, who was coming back to the heat. 
      I was intrigued by the talent of the artist that drew that graffiti, and quickly began taking photos because It's amazing how some people use their talents on drawing pieces of art work in a city to help build its culture and name. Everyone who drives by that store sees the picture of Dwayne Wade and is reminded that their in a city of winners that won 2 championships back to back in 2012 and 2013. I wasn't able to get hold of the artist but I had fun taking pictures and gathering as much information on the drawing as I could. I feel like I could of improved the pictures by taking an undershot to show how Dwayne Wade is someone who is superior in the picture. I could of also taken a picture of me or someone that's small next to the drawing to show how big it is compared to us to show his superiority


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