9 Eyes

Artist Jon Rafman created the blog 9 Eyes to showcase interesting Google Maps Streetview images captured by the roving fleet of Google's vehicles.

The quality of the images vary as do the reaction of the subjects captured. Some court attention while others hide their face.

In 2009 Rafman published a book and currently, a selection of images are on display at NYC's New Museum.

I think it's amazing how Rafman, and many other artists like him, has this ability to turn something widely available to anyone into art. My only wish is that there was a description, or even latitude/longitude degrees to identify where the images were snapped. I have a strong feeling the picture of the skateboarder was taken in Cape Town.

Caroline