The Night Vigilante Who Erases the Graffiti of the Walls of Brescia

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In Brescia, in the north of Italy, nights now have their legend. It is not written in bright colors on the walls, but in the erasure. Ghost Pitùr, the ghost painter in the Brescian dialect, walks the streets armed with a single roll and a pot of light painting. Where other people lie wild tags or ephemeral frescoes, chooses the subtraction: he covers, cleans up, gives back to the facades their original nudity. Imbianchino the day, ghost the nigh…

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In the last few weeks, a resident of Brescia, in northern Italy, has been filming graffiti on the walls of his city and then broadcasting the videos on social networks. The inhabitants seem grateful to him, and several press titles have met this justicier who wants to remain anonymous.