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Bumper Stickers, As Found Art

Supprort Your Local VJ, Kill Your Television
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An assortment of bumper stickers found on the back of a truck at the 2012 Burning Man Decompression festival. They read:

Supprort Your Local VJ, Kill Your Television

2012 Fertility 2.0 Burning Man Night

2012 Fertility 2.0 Burning Man Day

Staff Burning Man 2011 Rites Of Passage

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  2012 Burning Man Decompression Festival internal link   •  Indiana Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 14:22:14 Sunday 7 October 2012)   •  (Photo posted Friday 1 November 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_7961
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El Chorrilla No
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Bumper sticker found on the back of a run-down van in Lima, Peru.

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  Lima, Peru   •  (Photo taken 11:43:30 Saturday 4 April 2009)   •  (Photo posted Friday 1 November 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_1646
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Only when the last tree has died
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.

More Trees less Bush

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  Powell Street, Emeryville, California   •  (Photo taken 14:39:46 Sunday 1 February 2009)   •  (Photo posted Friday 27 February 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #143946_8798BCX
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Stop mad cowboy disease
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Stop mad cowboy disease

Powell Street, Emeryville, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 27 February 2009)   •  (Photo taken 14:39:36 Sunday 1 February 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #143936_8797BCX
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The important thing
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The important thing

Powell Street, Emeryville, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 27 February 2009)   •  (Photo taken 14:39:32 Sunday 1 February 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #143932_8796BCX
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Free Burma on the back window of an art car
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Free Burma on the back window of an art car

How Berkeley Can You Be, Parade and Fair   •  Center Street, Berkeley, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 27 February 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:16:28 Sunday 28 September 2008)   •  © 2009 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080928_3295TNT
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An annotated bumper sticker stuck to glass
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An annotated bumper sticker stuck to glass

How Berkeley Can You Be, Parade and Fair   •  Center Street, Berkeley, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 27 February 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:16:26 Sunday 28 September 2008)   •  © 2009 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080928_3294TNT
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A crowd of opinions hung together on the hood
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A crowd of opinions hung together on the hood

Note that in England a neighborhood is a bonnet   •  Golden Gate Park by Speedway Meadows   •  (17 August 2008) San Francisco, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080817_2568BCX
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Even the police car was tempted to amble over and look
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Even the police car was tempted to amble over and look

Golden Gate Park by Speedway Meadows   •  (17 August 2008) San Francisco, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080817_2567BCX
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Can you find the hidden license plate?
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Can you find the hidden license plate?

Golden Gate Park by Speedway Meadows   •  (17 August 2008) San Francisco, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080817_2566BCX
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When parked, it was easier to spot the duplicates
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When parked, it was easier to spot the duplicates

Golden Gate Park by Speedway Meadows   •  (17 August 2008) San Francisco, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080817_2565BCX
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Crane dreamt of imperial walker by rare fruit
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Crane dreamt of imperial walker by rare fruit

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_1554BCX
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The original green before there was an "environment"
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The original green before there was an "environment"

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_1553BCX
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Only in English
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Only in English

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_1552BCX
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The tail pipe argued continually with the sticker
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The tail pipe argued continually with the sticker

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_0667TNT
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A tiny top hat placed randomly in kindness
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A tiny top hat placed randomly in kindness

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_0666TNT
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Ribbon pair proved pooch friendly
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Ribbon pair proved pooch friendly

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_0665TNT
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The back window became a mythic fish tank
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The back window became a mythic fish tank

Berkeley Marina parking lot   •  (26 July 2008) Berkeley, California   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20080726_0664TNT
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Free art
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Free art

(2007) Cortland Avenue, San Francisco   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_7068B
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Many fine sentiments on this car
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Many fine sentiments on this car

(2007) Palo Alto, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_12
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Nato Otan on Citroén
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Nato Otan on Citroén

(2007) Brussels, Belgium   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_11
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A sticker among many on a car's bumper
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A sticker among many on a car's bumper

US Stickers   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 6 August 2007)   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_10BCX
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12th night in gray
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12th night in gray

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_10
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Him on a bumper
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Him on a bumper

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_09
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Car implies comet to see me sometime
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Car implies comet to see me sometime

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_08
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When you see two ants there will be more
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When you see two ants there will be more

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_07
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Motorcycles stuck to a car's bumper
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Motorcycles stuck to a car's bumper

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_06
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A woof in jeep's clothing
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A woof in jeep's clothing

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_05
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The legacy of Amnesty International
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The legacy of Amnesty International

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_04
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What would Buddha do?
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What would Buddha do?

(2007) Spokane, Washington   •  © 2007 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_03T
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A lighthearted sentiment in the pink
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A lighthearted sentiment in the pink

(2007) Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_03
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I brake for super powers
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I brake for super powers

(2007) Spokane, Washington   •  © 2007 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_02T
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On the car of a safe speeder
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On the car of a safe speeder

Caltrain California Avenue Station   •  (2007) Palo Alto, California   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_02
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Good Morning Vietraq
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Good Morning Vietraq

(2007) Spokane, Washington   •  © 2007 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01T
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American by birth, biker by choice
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A bumper sticker that read, "American by birth, biker by choice."

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  Concord, California   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01BCX
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Dirty but not overly stickered
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A dirty but not overly stickered car bore stickers that ranged from, "This vehicle brakes for picket lines," to "Jesus Is A Liberal."

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  How Berkeley Parade, Berkeley, California   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01B
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49ers 1984 Champions
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A bumper sticker on an actual bumper read, "49ers 1984 Champions."

Bumper Stickers external link As Found Art   •  Caltrain California Avenue Station   •  Palo Alto, California   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  (Photo posted Monday 6 August 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01
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