Photo Op

In Photo Op, Steve Lazarides captures one of Banksy’s most incisive street pieces: the phrase “This is not a photo opportunity” sprayed onto a stone wall along London’s South Bank. Across the river, the silhouette of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament provides a dramatic counterpoint, historic grandeur set against a wry act of anti-establishment graffiti.

As Banksy’s original photographer, agent, and close collaborator, Lazarides was uniquely positioned to preserve such interventions before their inevitable disappearance. His lens records not only the stencil itself, but the dialogue it sparks between public space, authority, and resistance.

Photo Op exemplifies Lazarides’s role as custodian of Banksy’s legacy, offering collectors a rare chance to own an image that distills the irony, urgency, and cultural bite of a movement that redefined contemporary art.