During the 1970s and 80s, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the environment and the imagination of a generation by documentin...
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Jan 08, 2012
Tanya
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This was my first art book and I remeber clearly reading it and thinking my culture, my city, my hip hop was exposed to the world and nothing would ever be the same.
Jan 09, 2009
Josh
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lots of great pictures, and lots of interesting stuff about the history of graffiti
Dec 26, 2010
Sara
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Questa pubblicazione fa parte integrante della storia del Writing mondiale
Questa pubblicazione fa parte integrante della storia del Writing mondiale
Jan 18, 2012
Neal
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I scored this book for under $5 at a Borders closing sale, and man was it worth it. It's quite a large book, but the pictures are awesome and crisp. It doesn't have hardly any info on the artists or places of most of the pictures in the book, but that's kind of how I like it. It leaves more to the imagination. Whilst the pages and pages of subway art are cool in their own right, the real gems are the pictures of the artists painting them. 80's B-Boys at their finest. If you dig graffiti, and dig
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Jan 18, 2012
While I am fascinated by the art displayed in the book, there is something off-putting about it as well. Too bad there was not another way for these young artist to express themselves. Either way, this book is fascinating to look at as it displays an urban art form that is a wonder.
Jan 18, 2012
Oli4b
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Found it at the Donner Ramsj for 14 euro's. Got the twice as small original for 30 euro's at Amazon. This book contains hardly any text and loads of big photo's, truly amazing collector's item!
Jan 18, 2012
robert
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Big and beautiful, a moment in time. You gotta flip through this. The closing image of Lee's train and the woman's glowing heels gives me chills.
Jul 08, 2008
Ian
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it's too bad this book isn't 4 times as long. every time i ride the subway i miss this stuff.
Nov 01, 2007
Brian
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i first got this book in 1989, at the age of 7.
thank god. it saved my life.
thank god. it saved my life.
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