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Plus de 1 200 photos, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edocuments, articles de journaux. Des témoignages de responsables, d'inspecteurs de la RATP et de photographes. Un voyage dans un univers méconnu et fantasmatique, de vies dédiées à une activité interdite qui ne rapporte rien. L'ouvrage propose également, en creux, une réflexion sur l'art, la position de l'artiste, l'appréhension de la loi et de l'interdit, et les conséquences de la création, sur sa place dans une vie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wasted Talent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55695576531279,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2424\/8147\/products\/test_libro_sticker_ok_51566c8c-5cc0-4e5b-94e3-31ddcb08e110.jpg?v=1615987020"},{"product_id":"subway-art","title":"Henry Chalfant \u0026 Martha Cooper - Subway Art","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e127 pages\u003cbr\u003ePhotos by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant\u003cbr\u003e33.8 x 23.6 cm\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2009 edition of the book is now available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant's images of the trains retain their impact, while Martha Cooper's narrative pictures tell the story. In the introductions, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. 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Worth remembering what happened around it, too — Droga5 launched the book for Bing by placing all 300-plus pages in physical locations around the world, one at a time over a month, from a billboard to the bottom of the pool at the Delano in Miami to a bronze plaque set in the Marcy Projects, with a scavenger hunt to find them. The campaign took the Outdoor Grand Prix at Cannes in 2011. 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