Training Days: The Subway Artists Then and Now by Henry Chalfant,Sacha Jenkins

By Henry Chalfant,Sacha Jenkins

the tale of the delivery of the subway graffiti circulation in manhattan within the phrases of twelve writers, whose creativity fuelled the flowering of the move within the overdue Nineteen Seventies and early Nineteen Eighties, shooting all of the uncooked, explosive creativity of that period.

Henry Chalfant's photos in Subway Art encouraged budding graffiti writers around the globe; now learn the tales at the back of these iconic photographs within the phrases of the pioneers of the graffiti circulation.

In the overdue Nineteen Seventies, manhattan urban used to be bankrupt, soiled and hazardous. Born on those dirty streets, graffiti swiftly made its mark. right here, the graffiti writers supply first-person debts in their reports. separately interviewed for this booklet, they display an actual, unheard of perception into the golden age of graffiti.

Henry Chalfant is the writer of the main profitable ebook on graffiti ever released, 'Subway Art', additionally released by means of Thames & Hudson.

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