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    • Subway Art

    25th Anniversary Edition

    By Martha Cooper,and Henry Chalfant

    11-1/2 x 16-1/2 in; 128 pp;
    8-page gatefold, 150 full-color photographs throughout
    Hardcover
    April 2009
    ISBN 9780811868877
    ISBN10 0811868877

    SKU# 9780811868877

    1 Review(s)
    $40.00
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    During the 1970s and 80s, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the environment and the imagination of a generation by documenting the burgeoning New York City graffiti movement. Now 25 years and more than a half a million copies later,...

    Subway Art



    Subway Art

    During the 1970s and 80s, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the environment and the imagination of a generation by documenting the burgeoning New York City graffiti movement. Now 25 years and more than a half a million copies later, their bestselling book Subway Art is available in a large-scale, deluxe format heightening the visual impact of their classic images.

    With 70 additional photographs, and a fresh introduction and afterword, this collector's edition illustrates the passion, creativity and resourcefulness of unlikely kids inventing an art form destined to spread worldwide and spawn the present-day street art movement.

     

    Martha Cooper is a Manhattan-based documentary photographer. Her images of graffiti and hip hop culture are world-renowned and widely published. She is the Director of Photography at City Lore.

    Henry Chalfant is a sculptor, filmmaker, and photographer in New York. His photos have appeared in many books and he has produced several documentary films on street art and urban culture.

    Media Reviews

    Subway Art

    This lavish new edition stunningly reasserts Subway Art \\\'s place as the signal book on the authentic graffiti phenomenon, with pictures you can at last climb into and explore the way devotees of the earlier edition could only dream of.

    Jonathan Lethem0000-00-00 00:00:00

    Subway Art

    Subway Art is one of the main reasons graffiti became a global phenomenon. For everyone that didnít grow up in New York City and even for those that did, Subway Art became their main source of inspiration.

    Shepard Fairey0000-00-00 00:00:00

    Subway Art

    The 1984 book Subway Art, Ms. Cooperís collaboration with Henry Chalfant, a photographer and filmmaker, captured graffitiís golden and assaultive years. It sold half a million copies, becoming the movementís bible ó and epitaph. But the best of the trains live on, in an updated, large-format 25th-anniversary edition, to be published next month by Chronicle Books.

    New York Times0000-00-00 00:00:00

    Subway Art

    The Wild Style graffiti that was invented in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s is arguably the most influential art movement since Pop Art. Much of its influence is due to the extraordinary documentation of the artists and their work in the book Subway Art, by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, now re-released in a beautifully produced 25th anniversary edition.

    Jeffrey Deitch0000-00-00 00:00:00

    Subway Art

    People from all over the world have wanted to meet me because of ìSubway Art.î There\\\'s no question that this book has changed the course of art history on this planet.

    Blade One0000-00-00 00:00:00

    Subway Art

    Brazil was always late getting information about graffiti. We remember the first time we saw \\\"Subway Art\\\" was in 1988 or í89. A friend showed us the book, and we went crazy! He wouldnít leave the book with us, so we made a photocopy... every single small photo was \\\"Big\\\" for us... Weíve always been glad for \\\"Subway Art\\\" and its influence on all the writers around the world!

    Os Gemeos0000-00-00 00:00:00

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    PEL an Original writer

    10/11/11| anthony machicote
    Greetings I am an Original writer, I used to write PEL- do it well, Dime2, Ream2 and Sly5176. I know quite a bit of the writer back in the days of glory. Yes blade also knows who I am. As well as Tracy 168, king 2, comet, death, vam, and all the others of the 4,5's and 2's like. Just too bad that I no longer have pictures anymore. But because of graffiti I have gotten into the printing and reproduction fields and my youngest son is one of the greatest computer graphic artist i have ever seen. When i was 19 I left new york city. (The Bronx) I went to Chicago where believe it or not I meet Chichi living out the as well. I knew Chichi 133 before. We all used to hang out me Pel, Chichi 133, sonny==man2, king 2, Tracy 168, peanut2 and all the wildstyle crew. I have a hell of a story to tell about some of the great and crazies throughout the years. looking to contact some of my old buddies in paint. I am presently in touch with Part one and Riff 170. we talk from time to time. If any one wants to reach me. I currently reside in Tampa, Florida. Phone # is 352-835-9232 cell. Thanks and Take care Anthony, Pel do it well, can't you tell!!!