Martha Cooper
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Martha Cooper is an American photojournalist born in the 1940s. She is perhaps best known for documenting the New York graffiti scene of the 1970s and '80s. She has degrees in art and anthropology[1].
She was a photography intern at National Geographic magazine in the 1960s, and worked as a staff photographer at the NY 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.
[edit] Books
- Subway Art, Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, Thames and Hudson, London, 1984, Henry Holt, New York, 1984.
- R.I.P.: New York Spraycan Memorials, Thames and Hudson, 1994
- Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984, From Here to Fame, 2004
- Street Play, From Here to Fame, 2005
- We B*Girlz, text by Nika Kramer, Powerhouse Cultural Entertainment Books, 2005
[edit] External links
- Cooper's website about female photographers
- Cooper's website of recent NY city photos
- at149st profile
