Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition

[alicookofficial]

Awesome book

[12jonation]

yes, very inspirational back in the eighties..

[s1ngles1000]

the book is really awesome!

[IdriveCaddy2]

It's hard to find your own style :(

[mikertones]

yo i remember when i first saw subway art ,i couldnt believe that book existed,i was in the 5th grade ,that shit was dope bigtime

[artmaster2]

now thinking of Tattoo art from the book , so watch this space

[jackvr32]

I used to go to the library by my house all the time to see this book and mad writers from the area used to bomb it. It was good times...

[SubwaySubculture]

incredible...i have a subway blog, i would love to record some of the experiences in regards to this book.

google subway subculture blog

and shoot me an email. i want to know YOUR graffiti stires!

[mapaqpchelp]

Subway Art is a graffiti bible 100% true

[jvnmrles]

This book change my life.....cen one L.A. ca.

[naughtystudios]

I grew up with this book. Saved my Paper round money to buy it.

Awesome Book.

Respect to the creators and all of the Artists featured in it.

[47issues]

1 cop watched this

[keyframer]

@47issues Koch watched this.

[kagyu1]

One more thing. There were legends of Graf not represented who were all city and ruled.

Mitch 77, RTW, Fame City ,and especially Flite 220 and Jon one who took it to the next level. Zephyr was a king and gets

Minor play. It's a slice , but not the whole picture.

[kagyu1]

We used to all go down to Henry's to watch Lee paint canvases and bring sketches. When the book came out, we all ran for it. If your piece was not in, you were nobody.

[68skate68]

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS BOOK IS THE ORIGINAL WITH MORE PICTURES OR IS IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CUZ ON AMAZON IT SHOWED A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR BOTH AND THE ORIGINAL LOOKED BETTER???

[ladynikkie]

this is beautiful work! i still se some trains to this day that carry art but it's not as good as the old school subway art.

[DrEuthanasia]

great video , Coke One NYC

[ProgRockDan1]

Great stuff

[tuviarbel]

carry on

it's gordious.

I'm starting a docu on Israeli streerart

Cheers

Tuvi Arbel

[franzkillergreens41]

seriously good book 

[mxriderHassy]

this book is a MASTERPIECE.

[Khultan]

There's still millions more images unseen of NYC graffiti on subway trains just around the publication time of Subway Art.

[MariluLane]

love the art does anyone know what type of the music is? or even this track? ;)X

[FolkerRacho]

the background music is killing the FLAVOUR!

[Nigma35]

Henry and Martha. two LEGENDS in their own right.

[mistaben2k]

It's a good book,so good it is probably the most stolen book ever.

[prinsroegetbirk]

very nice indeed- this book changed my life,,

but what's up with the background music in this vid? Doesn't really sound like something in the spirit of hip hop culture?

[Khultan]

@prinsroegetbirk What do you mean? NYC graffiti was practiced by different kids from different ages so you'd have Led Zeppelin heads, Rolling Stone, Beatles, as well as Parliament, James Brown, etc. Hint, the dedication to John Lennon or portraits of front singer, Blondie, who by the way their band embraced the early NY Hip Hop rap form. And the clash, but there were tons of kids into different types of music so what do you mean spirit of hip hop?!?

[prinsroegetbirk]

@Khultan hey- looking back it sounded wrong, i'm into so much music (the groups and singers you've mentioned included). It's amazing how writers are so different, and comes from so many cultures.

Here in Denmark i do a lot to preserve hip hop culture the original way, but what i basically meant, was that the background music didn't fitted the 'feeling' of subway art and New York at that time, that I get when reading it.

I just thought that it screwed up a big part of the video. -Mark

[Chachy71]

Just found this book in my loft. Used to have the programme on vid but thats gone.

[paranoidpfanclub]

Henry Chalfant what a legend!

[MRMAJESTYK1973]

Remember Bunkng school and drooling over this at a mates house round mid 80s! There was another book but i cant think of it.. The coolest generation there has ever been!!!!

[desism]

thank you henry and martha

[1980streetsounds]

What a book HAND OF DOOM enough said :)

[TexasLancer20]

i have that book :)

[nptrock]

big up to henry n martha....much love!!!

[madridtrains]

GRAFFITI FOREVER

[stickball720]

i ordered that book the other day!

cant wait for it to get here.

[gizmodzine]

future* class . old skool classics

[clh2192]

Great book! But the down side was that it created a canon of writers and ignored a multiplicity of others. For example, there were no photos of some of the biggest writers of the time, writers such as Phase II, DY 167 aka Jester, Demo, and Cey. And the reader would never know that RTW was the biggest baddest crew on the planet! When I was growing up, there were thousands of writers, and Cooper and Chalfant, though they did it big(!), made graffiti really small.

[kidzsanlorenzo]

Martha & Henry will allways have my respect!! peace and thanx for helping graff become what it is today;)

[ChronicleBooks]

For a limited time only, get 25% off and free shipping when you buy this book at the Chronicle Books web site.

Just use promo code SUBWAY at check out!

[ighopper]

she's still using the D100! They deserve more fundings.

[ucantseei]

already purchased! twenty five years, where has the time gone? From the time I first saw the book, in early 1986, until now, I've never been w/o a copy-- but, finally an edition that gets the coffee-table treatment! Bravo to Martha & Henry for capturing a burgeoing, vivacious artistic movement in its infancy, and along with it the imagery of a New York City once upon a time. This book did indeed change my life. Thanks for helping me fall in love with typography and obsess over symmetry! Truly...

[guru1960]

much love for martha cooper and Henry Chalfant for that!

[sastertv]

They are at it again 25 yrs later, and still supporting the form!

[mikertones]

great book/nice flicks - thank you

[ejlfox]

excellent - what's the soundtrack?