Street Play - Hardcover
Martha Cooper s photos take us through the Alphabet City of the late 70 s as the area was about to undergo extensive urban renewal a process that is still continuing today. At the time, the neighborhood had more than its share of drug dealers and petty criminals, and the landscape seemed ugly and forbidding. But to the children who grew up there, the abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots made perfect playgrounds, providing raw materials and open space for unsupervised play. A crumbling tenement housed a secret clubhouse, rooftops became private aviaries, and a pile of trash might be a source for treasure.
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Martha Cooper is a photographer who has specialized in shooting urban vernacular art and architecture for twenty-five years. Her first book Subway Art (Thames & Hudson,1984), a legendary collaboration with Henry Chalfant, is still in print after 20 years. Martha s photos have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries and published in innumerable magazines from National Geographic to Vibe.
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- PublisherFrom Here to Fame
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 3937946160
- ISBN 13 9783937946160
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages124
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Street Play - Martha Cooper
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Book Description Tapa Dura. Condition: New. ¿Qué hacen realmente los niños cuando no hay adultos cerca? esa fue la pregunta que se hizo Martha Cooper a finales de los 70. Todavía no había comenzado a fotografiar grafitis, el arte Subway y las celebridades estaban muy por delante de su tiempo. En su camino de regreso a su trabajo como fotógrafa en el New York Post, a menudo se detenía en Alphabet City en el extremo sur de Manhattan, entonces un barrio marginal inimaginable. Empezó a fotografiar juegos de niños y quedó fascinada por su creatividad. Eventualmente conoció a un joven escritor de graffiti que se hacía llamar He 3, y el resto, como dicen, es historia. En Street Play hay una serie de imágenes fantásticas, que son un documento de una época pasada. Martha Cooper es definitivamente una de las fotógrafas más interesantes de los Estados Unidos. ¡Recomendado! Book, Buch, Libro, Livre, Libro. No. Seller Inventory # 4477cb10-b6c6-0246-7445-b4d77fa6c8ba
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