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September 24, 2012 11:45 pm GMT

Artist Makes Ghosts of People Caught on Google Street View


British street artist Paolo Cirio is bringing the images of passersby caught on Google Street View back to the real-life location in which the pictures were taken with the help of life-size posters.

If you've ever used Google's Street View, you likely know that people are often captured in scenes, from hailing a cab and waiting for the bus to just hanging out in front of the Apple store. And typically, the faces of these people are blurred out.

Cirio takes issue with the fact that Google is making money from taking pictures of locations -- and the people that occupy those areas -- without permission. In response, he's turning Google's Street Vie…
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