Fancy Bears Invade Birmingham!

in #photography7 years ago

So the other day I was walking around Birmingham, and I started spotting these incredible bear statues all over the place. They had not been there the day before, so I was a bit perplexed as to what the hell they were.

Turns out, they are part of an art installation named the "Big Sleuth", which basically is a trail of 100 painted bears all over the city and surrounding area to act as a kind of big treasure hunt. Last year something similar was done, except with giant owls. So, having a bit of free time at the weekend, I decided to spend an hour or so taking some pictures of the ones near me as it was a nice day and I had nothing better to do and figured other people might also enjoy these magnificent beasts.

Below you will find a dump of the days photos, I have only found 11 of them so far, and I might go bear hunting again this weekend and upload more pictures then. All pictures were taken on an OnePlus One, for those interested.

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This was the first one I saw. It took a minute to work out what on earth I was looking at...

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Let me know what you think of these. Are there any similar art installations in the city you live in? Share them with the rest of us!

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They look like uni students work I think ? Keep writeing your page look goods ✌️👍

Awesome post man, great art. We don't have something like that in the Netherlands as far as I know. Keep writing!

Thanks :) I'll probably get a few more up tomorrow, found out there are more of them near my work. I'll be in the Netherlands in the next couple of weeks for a couple of days (near Amsterdam), very excited as I keep being told that it is a beautiful country to visit!

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