At a Los Angeles-based auction, Steve Lazarides is preparing to say goodbye to a giant trove of Banksy artwork and memorabilia, expected to make millions
‘I saw his shit on the street and it fucking blew me away. It was totally different from any other shit I was seeing’ … Steve Lazarides.‘I saw his shit on the street and it fucking blew me away. It was totally different from any other shit I was seeing’ … Steve Lazarides.associate Steve Lazarides saw the writing on the wall.
It’s not that Lazarides hasn’t spent time behind the lens over the last two and a half decades. In 2019 he published Banksy Captured, a behind the scenes chronicle of Banksy as told through Lazarides’s photos and anecdotes, followed by a second volume a year later. Still, Lazarides says: “I never got the time to put into photography that I really wanted to so that’s where I’m at now. I’m also currently editing through a couple hundred thousand images that I shot in a pre-Banksy time.
As close as they were, though, Lazarides says their relationship wasn’t always easy. He describes working with Banksy as “full tilt” and notes the prolific artist’s unrelenting pace made their dynamic “very intense”. Nonetheless, Lazarides admires Banksy’s dedication to his art, calling him “the real deal”.
Still, Lazarides stands to make a lot of money from today’s auction, which is estimated to yield $1-2m. A circa 2004 print of Banksy’s iconic artwork Girl with Balloon, which will kick off Thursday’s auction, has already attracted an offer of $60,000 in early bidding online. Ironically, Lazarides loathes the globally beloved masterpiece. “I can’t stand the Girl with Balloon print,” he says. “Everybody thinks this is a happy scene, and I’m like: ‘Nah, it’s a little girl losing her heart.
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