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Late 1970s New York City was bankrupt and its streets dirty and
dangerous. But thecity had a wild, raw energy that made it the
crucible for the birth of rap culture and graffiti. Graffiti
writers worked in extremely tough conditions: uncollected garbage,
darkness, cramped spaces, and the constant threat of police raids,
assault by security staff and attacks by rival crews. It was not
unlike practicing performance art in a war zone. Yet during the
fertile years of the late 1970s and 1980s they evolved their art
from stylized signatures to full-blown Technicolor dreamscapes.
Henry Chalfant created panoramic images of painted trains by
photographing overlapping shots along the train s length. It took
time to earn the writers trust andrespect, but Chalfant became
their revered confidant and with Tony Silver went on to produce the
classic documentary film Style Wars (1983). Through a series of
interviews conducted by Sacha Jenkins, we hear the voices of these
characters of old New York. Quite a few of the original writers are
no longer with us, but those who have survived have continued to
push the envelope as artists and individuals in a new
millennium.The stories they tell, included here alongside iconic,
raw photographs of their work, will enthrall graffiti fans
everywhere."
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