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to answer the ? about agro. i didnt put him down persay. another member did. isnt that what everbody said when vose was put down. that his shit was wack. everybody has to start somewhere. frankly, i dont even write ime anymore. im tired of the crew collecting bullshit going on around here. in the grand scheme it dont matter what crew you do as long as you do you. why does this subculture eat dick so bad???????????

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for those who dont know who martha cooper is and why its so dope she flicked that wall:

 

Martha Cooper is an American photojournalist born in the 1940s. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she picked up photography at the age of three.[1] She graduated from High School at the age of 16,[1] earned an art degree at age 19 from Grinnell College, taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, journeyed by motorcycle from Bangkok to London and received an ethnology diploma from Oxford.[1] She worked as a staff photographer for the New York Post during the 1970s.[1]

 

She is perhaps best known for documenting the New York graffiti scene of the 1970s and '80s. While working at the New York Post, the return home at the end of the day consisted of taking photos of children in the city.[1] One day she met a child named Edwin who had introduced her to graffiti.[1] Edwin explained to her that Graffiti is an art form and that each kid was actually writing his/her nickname. Edwin then proceeded to tell of the Graffiti King and asked if she would like to meet him.[1] This is when Martha met Dondi_(artist) who was the first one who allowed her come with, while Dondi_(artist) was tagging she would take photos of his art.[1] In the 1980s she put together a book of photos illustrating the Graffiti subculture called SUBWAY ART.[1] She has degrees in art and anthropology[2].

 

She was a photography intern at National Geographic Magazine in the 1960s, and worked as a staff photographer at the New York Post in the 1970s.

 

Her photographs have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian and Natural History magazines as well as several dozen books and journals. She is the Director of Photography at City Lore, the New York Center for Urban Folk Culture. Cooper lives in Manhattan but is working on a photo project in Sowebo, a Southwest Baltimore neighborhood.

 

In the 1980's Martha worked briefly in Belize photographing the people and archaeological remains of the Mayan culture. Two sites that received publication in National Geographic were Nohmul & Cuello, both under the direction of Dr. Norman Hammond.

 

-WIKIPEDIA

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