Henry Chalfant – 1980
This book presents never-before published images and new essays from some of the most celebrated voices of the height of New York subway art. Focused on 1980, a notoriously dangerous time in the city of New York and an exceptional year for subway art, this catalogue features 30 full-color plates of Chalfant’s subway photographs and essays by cultural critic Carlo McCormick, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, famed graffiti writer and artist Lee Quiñones, graffiti historian and former writer Jayson Edlin, and Henry Chalfant.
Publisher: Eric Firestone Press
Title: Henry Chalfant: 1980
Contributors: Carlo McCormick, Fab Five Freddy, Jayson Edlin, Lee Quinones
Publication Date: August 2017
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 9 in
Pages: 82
1980 is an exhibition catalogue in which Henry Chalfant’s style of documenting pieces in traffic is able to enjoy in the best way possible: The panorama format hardcover comes with an open spine binding that allows to lay flat the book and take a look at legendary works in large scale. DONDI’s Children of the Grave wholecar, SEEN’s Hand of Doom concept masterpiece, or the JOHN LENNON – THE BEATLES double wholecar by LADY PINK, IZ THE WIZ and MARE – finally these works can be experienced in detail.
The 82-paged book opens with texts by Carlo McCormick, Fab 5 Freddy, Jayson Edlin, Lee Quiñones and the photographer himself. It features famous and lesser known pieces by BILROCK, BLADE, BRIM, BUS, CIA, COMET, CRASH, DAZE, DONDI, DURO, FUTURA2000, IZ THE WIZ, KASE2, KEL, KID, LADY PINK, LEE, MAD, MARE, NOC167, PART, PJAY, QUIK, REVOLT, SADE, SEEN, SHY147, SKEME, TKID, TRACY168, ZEPHYR and more.
82 pages, 30,4 cm x 22,8 cm, hardcover with open binding, different papers
Release date: August 2017
ISBN: 978-87-85227-01-0