{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Ruedi One - Graffiti Photographer","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/ruedione-graffiti-photographer/ruedione-graffiti-photography1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2009-08-20T18:56:45Z","description":"What, you don't know Ruedione? Without a doubt he is one of the best graffiti photographers worldwide. For almost a decade, he has been documenting the writers scene and has thus remained part of it as its visual chronicler!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuedione\u003c/strong\u003e from Heidelberg, Germany, is one of \u003ca href=\"/top-urban-art-photographers/\"\u003ethe best known graffiti photographers\u003c/a\u003e worldwide. For years he was an active graffiti writer himself, what makes it possible for him to have a close contact to the writers scene and thus access to illegal live graffiti action.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis photos - mostly in black/white - visually describe the emotions during writing. It\u0026rsquo;s his lifework to document and preserve the moments that kept him writing his name on a lot of surfaces for years.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The images show all the tension, the adrenalin and the kicks that graffiti writers experience. A visual expedition into a world that usually is restricted to the members of a very small scene. His photos show the active graffiti scene worldwide - may it be New York City, Sao Paulo or Hamburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his series, documentary photography that creates contemporary documents meets abstract snapshots that are distinguished by their independent aesthetics. These images give the viewer an insight into an usually hidden scene.* (\u003ca href=\"http://www.ruedione.com/blog/\"\u003eFrom his blog.\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-known work of him is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3980990958?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=3980990958\"\u003e“Montana Writer Team” book\u003c/a\u003e in which the graffiti artists Atom, Cantwo, Dash, Kent and Smash137 are photographically portrayed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuedi One’s new book, called “Backflashes – graffiti tales”, shows photos of (illegal) graffiti worldwide from 2002 to 2008 and will be out this year in October or November. I am curious. Recently, our friend of \u003ca href=\"http://ilovegraffiti.de/eng/2009/08/19/ruedione-x-interview-3/\"\u003eilovegraffiti\u003c/a\u003e made an interesting interview with him. Take a look!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n**Ruedione** from Heidelberg, Germany, is one of [the best known graffiti photographers](/top-urban-art-photographers/) worldwide. For years he was an active graffiti writer himself, what makes it possible for him to have a close contact to the writers scene and thus access to illegal live graffiti action.\n\nHis photos - mostly in black/white - visually describe the emotions during writing. It's his lifework to document and preserve the moments that kept him writing his name on a lot of surfaces for years.\n\n*The images show all the tension, the adrenalin and the kicks that graffiti writers experience. A visual expedition into a world that usually is restricted to the members of a very small scene. His photos show the active graffiti scene worldwide - may it be New York City, Sao Paulo or Hamburg.\n\nIn his series, documentary photography that creates contemporary documents meets abstract snapshots that are distinguished by their independent aesthetics. These images give the viewer an insight into an usually hidden scene.* ([From his blog.](http://www.ruedione.com/blog/))\n\nA well-known work of him is the [“Montana Writer Team” book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3980990958?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=3980990958) in which the graffiti artists Atom, Cantwo, Dash, Kent and Smash137 are photographically portrayed.\n\nRuedi One’s new book, called “Backflashes – graffiti tales”, shows photos of (illegal) graffiti worldwide from 2002 to 2008 and will be out this year in October or November. I am curious. Recently, our friend of [ilovegraffiti](http://ilovegraffiti.de/eng/2009/08/19/ruedione-x-interview-3/) made an interesting interview with him. Take a look!\n","tags":["Photography","Interview","Ruedi One","Art Book"],"title":"Ruedi One - Graffiti Photographer","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/ruedione-graffiti-photographer/"}