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Some people collect stamps. Others, rare LPs. Graphic designer Galen Smith likes to gather pictures of New York City subway ads defaced by scribbled penises. He's put together a whole book of them, called New York Dick, chronicling ways the male member has been used to undermine media messaging beneath the NYC streets. He's not just goofing around, either. "These defacements (besides being a generalized screw you to the establishment) are part of a dissatisfied dialog with advertising, marketing, and consumerism that all of us can relate to," Smith said.
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