Training Days / The Subway Artists Now and Then
Training Days - The Subway Artists Then and Now contains authentic first-person accounts from the graffiti writers and artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of the movement in late 1970s and early 1980s New York. Henry Chalfant’s photographs in Subway Art inspired budding graffiti writers around the world; now read the stories behind those iconic images in the words of the pioneers of the graffiti movement.
In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. Born
on these grimy streets, graffiti rapidly made its mark. Here, twelve
legendary graffiti writers – Bil Rock, Breezer, Daze, Jon One, Kel, KR, Lady Pink, Sak, Sharp, Skeme, Spin and Team
– give first-person accounts of their experiences. Individually
interviewed for this book by Sacha Jenkins, they reveal an authentic,
unparalleled insight into the golden age of graffiti.
Henry Chalfant is the author of the most successful book on graffiti ever published, Subway Art, published by Thames & Hudson. Sacha Jenkins is co-founder of the seminal hip-hop magazine ego trip, as well as co-author of the bestselling biography of Eminem, The Way I Am.
Hardcover, 176 pages, Format: 21 x 16 cm, 133 color pictures, Text: English.
