AP PHOTOS: Moscow's grimy trucks inspire street art
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The grimy trucks traversing the polluted and dusty streets of Moscow have inspired a new kind of street art in Russia's capital.
When Nikita Golubev sees a dirty white truck or van he uses it as a canvas for his drawings.
With his gloved hand, he draws giant pigeons on the back of a delivery truck.
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A face with reptilian eyes appears on the back of a white van covered in enough dirt to make the license plate all but illegible. Surfers skim along the side of a truck.
But none of it lasts.
"Everything is washed away with the first rain," Golubev says. "It goes away and nothing remains."
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His creations are preserved only in the photographs he takes and posts on Instagram, where they have acquired a following. He signs his drawings Pro Boy Nick.
Golubev thinks people like his drawings because they are impermanent. "It's art just for fun," he says.