{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2010-02-07T21:25:46Z","description":"Why and how started Martha Cooper \u0026 Henry Chalfant documenting graffiti? It’s a nice question for every other urban art documentarist! Here are the answers...","html":"\u003cp\u003eFor me and I think also for you it’s always interesting to hear about, what the protagonists of urban art documentation think about graffiti. It’s interesting to hear, why and mainly how the started to document that new wave of public art!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/9210021\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/9210021?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Pro Graffiti: Martha Cooper \u0026amp; Henry Chalfant\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree days ago, the guys from FatCat Films, published a five minutes video, which shows famous graffiti photographers \u003cstrong\u003eMartha Cooper\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Chalfant\u003c/strong\u003e as well as graffiti artist Blade, who spray-painted about 5,000 trains, talking about their opinions of graffiti on trains, subways and walls.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You know what? It is vandalism, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t art. It can be art and vandalism. Most people did not know at the time\u0026hellip;They just saw graffiti and they just felt insulted by graffiti and they hated graffiti\u0026hellip;”\n(Martha Cooper)\nThe video was taken at the opening of the “Subway Art” exhibition at Gallerie Bailly in Paris. Thanks for the nice video!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.ekosystem.org/?permalink=6543\"\u003eekosystem.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nFor me and I think also for you it’s always interesting to hear about, what the protagonists of urban art documentation think about graffiti. It’s interesting to hear, why and mainly how the started to document that new wave of public art!\n\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/9210021)\n\n\nThree days ago, the guys from FatCat Films, published a five minutes video, which shows famous graffiti photographers **Martha Cooper** and **Henry Chalfant** as well as graffiti artist Blade, who spray-painted about 5,000 trains, talking about their opinions of graffiti on trains, subways and walls.\n\u003e “You know what? It is vandalism, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t art. It can be art and vandalism. Most people did not know at the time...They just saw graffiti and they just felt insulted by graffiti and they hated graffiti...”\n\u003e (Martha Cooper)\nThe video was taken at the opening of the “Subway Art” exhibition at Gallerie Bailly in Paris. Thanks for the nice video!\n\nVia [ekosystem.org](http://www.ekosystem.org/?permalink=6543).\n","tags":["Interview","Subway Art","Martha Cooper","Henry Chalfant"],"title":"Pro Graffiti: Martha Cooper \u0026 Henry Chalfant","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/martha-cooper-henry-chalfant-about-graffiti/"}