Ty, Bill, and the story of old school billboard painters from Brooklyn

 
 
Ty Cole talented NY photographer, 1/2 of Grenkol (Domino Lamps), and my new internet friend, noticed the post about the billboard painter "Bill" from last month. Ty suggests watching this mini doc about old school NYC billboard painters (branded content for Stella Artois by Mother NY). 
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They also painted a mural down the street from his apt of an ad he recently shot for Absolut Brooklyn: a collaborative effort between the vodka company and Director/Brooklyn-ite, Spike Lee.

About

James Théophane

Portrait credit: Nadav Kander

James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in Sydney. When he's not dabbling, he's a Creative Director at Clemenger BBDO.

He has worked with R/GA, Lost Boys, Grey, Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.

He has put a pop-up restaurant atop a neo-classical building in Paris, created a gigantic interactive chandelier that played Christmas carols. Hacked an oil painting and launched a fully interactive round the world yacht.

He has created work for Nokia, Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi. View all work

He has won a few awards such as One Show, D&AD, Webby, LIA, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.

Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.

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