PHOTOS: 1970s and ’80s NYC subway art. ... Lauded photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant made a name for themselves documenting New York City’s graffiti culture in the 1970s and 1980s.

The new exhibition Henry Chalfant: Art vs. Transit, 1977-1987 at the Bronx Museum shows the striking photography of Henry Chalfant, who documented the street art and urban culture in New York City ...

In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and 80s there’s an establishing shot with a graffiti-covered subway. Saturday Night Fever That graffiti was like illegible technicolor ...

Herein lies the ink-stained testament of NYC native and early ’80s hip hop graffiti-pioneer Mike McLeer, aka KAVES, ... New York City subway, 1979. (Credit: Getty Images) ...

When Henry Chalfant sees ads on the sides of today’s subway trains, he often mistakes them for the graffiti he used to photograph in the 1970s and ‘80s. “I think, ‘Oh my God, window down ...

A graffiti-painted subway car, image titled “Style Wars.” Art by T-kid. Many of Chalfant’s photos, on view in the exhibit, show teenagers being creative and playing on the streets, with ...

This week's edition—about NYC subway graffiti—can be played below. Or keep reading to learn more. In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and ’80s, there’s an ...

Graffiti artists tag NYC subway cars from top to ... how colorful characters with bold ideas made New York City safe ... saying it reminds them of the dark days of the 1970s and 80s.

When one conjures up images of New York City, its subway system — whether you love it or hate it — is the "artery" that literally keeps the city moving. The New York subway system has come a ...

But after that number fell again to 208 in 2020, according to the MTA, subway graffiti shot up in 2021 and is on pace to blow past the 300 total reports from last year — with 89% occurring in ...

Starting with the Clean Train Movement of the late 80s and intensifying with Mayor Giuliani’s Anti-Graffiti Task Force in the mid-90s, tags and large pieces on subways are essentially non-existent.