{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2010-03-25T17:31:09Z","description":"Martha Cooper is one of the iconic figures of worldwide graffiti photography! Here is a new and very interesting interview with her. Watch it now!","html":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500273200?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0500273200\"\u003e“Subway Art” book\u003c/a\u003e by US-American graffiti photographer \u003ca href=\"/martha-cooper/\"\u003eMartha Cooper\u003c/a\u003e, which was published in 1984, is a milestone in the medial writing documentation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’ve seen it grown from a specific, localized New York City phenomenon to what it is now a worldwide overground predominant movement and that’s gonna been an pretty exciting thing to watch\u0026hellip;”\n(Martha Cooper)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy friend RJ from \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vandalog.com/2010/03/martha-cooper/\"\u003ethe Vandalog blog\u003c/a\u003e met her last December and did that interesting interview with her.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe describes how she started photographing graffiti, what she loves about it and where she thinks it’s going.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePretty interesting for everyone, who has at least something to do with graffiti or street art - Thanks RJ!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nThe legendary [“Subway Art” book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500273200?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=0500273200) by US-American graffiti photographer [Martha Cooper](/martha-cooper/), which was published in 1984, is a milestone in the medial writing documentation.\n\n\u003e “I’ve seen it grown from a specific, localized New York City phenomenon to what it is now a worldwide overground predominant movement and that’s gonna been an pretty exciting thing to watch...”\n\u003e (Martha Cooper)\n\n\n\n\nMy friend RJ from [the Vandalog blog](http://blog.vandalog.com/2010/03/martha-cooper/) met her last December and did that interesting interview with her.\n\nShe describes how she started photographing graffiti, what she loves about it and where she thinks it’s going.\n\nPretty interesting for everyone, who has at least something to do with graffiti or street art - Thanks RJ!\n","tags":["Photography","Interview","Subway Art","Martha Cooper"],"title":"Graffiti Documentary: Focusing Martha Cooper","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/focus-on-martha-cooper/"}