Product Description

In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. 25 years on, the graffiti subculture it chronicled has blossomed into a global art movement, and Subway Art has become the most influential book ever to be published in the genre. Now with over half a million copies sold worldwide the bible of the international street-art movement is back. A new large-format layout heightens the impact of Henry Chalfants images of the trains, and lets Martha Coopers narrative pictures tell the story. In new introductions, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. New afterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. The 25th Anniversary Edition is an essential book for all fans of graffiti, stunning photography and 1980s-cool.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15290 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Format: Special Edition
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Review
`A groundbreaking book that became the bible of the genre' --The Big Issue

Review
`Seminal'

Customer Reviews

The Original
The Bible of early graffiti, a must have for graf artists old or new, if you are a old graf and havent read this where you been man?

got work from all the major players from back in the day Dondi, Blade, LEE,Zephyr, Seen UA, Duster, Pink infact most that appeared in the documentry Style Wars

I first read this book in the early eighties from my local libary. It changed my life, I even heard that it was the most stolen book in the libary in england!!!

buy it now in fact buy this and style wars together!!!!!!!!!

the original and baddest
had this book since first published way back. the true story of graf. no substitute. but check also the vids - wildstyle and style wars.

a way of life.

OLD SKOOL BOMBERZ
This book is the oldest and best book for pictures of graff, the computer style of KASE2 is wicked................ If anyone is into graff contact me....... for pics