5 Evocative Artists Inspired by Google Street View

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Yohana Desta
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5 Evocative Artists Inspired by Google Street View
Artist Emilio Vavarella creates art using Google Street View. Credit: Emilio Vavarella

While many of us use Google Street View to creep on our own houses or find a neighborhood bar, others see the tool's potential for art.

Street View, the online map feature that shows imagery from a street-level perspective, has gathered a lot of data over the years. And plenty of creative folks are tapping that data as a palette for their latest art projects.

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From the surreal work of Jon Rafman to Emilio Vavarella's ethereal Google trilogy, here are five artists who paint the world with the click of a button.

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