graffiti photographer

1. The Madrid photographer
Henry Chalflant
Interview by Jeosm

2.  Henry Chalfant’s Graffiti Archives are a work of visual
anthropology and documents American popular
culture in the twentieth.
 Jeosm, a contributor of Mtn-world.com chronicles the
work of doyennes in the industry.
Who is he?

3. “Over time, I was able to buy a Nikon FM with a motor and that was incredible: it gave
me a lot of versatility, seeing as though after that I didn’t have to run after the
subway cars, I photographed them with a 50mm lens in sections and later, in my
studio, with scissors and glue, would assemble the full cars.”
Henri in interview with Jeosm about his humble start in photography

4. Henri publishedHenry Chalfant's Big Subway Archive as a 200-page book. Produced by
Chalfant and Max Hergenrother. It is the first volume comprising his entire collection of
subway graffiti photographs. The archive series was renamed Henry Chalfant's Graffiti
Archive: New York City's Subway Art and Artists in 2013

5. These days Henri prefers to teaching:“I think today’s attitude isn’t the same any more, it was a
really beautiful time, but it’s over. I’m not interested any more, and that’s why I don’t travel the
world taking photos of current graffiti. I dedicate myself to teaching about its beginnings and
the “Old School”; the golden era.”

6.  http://www.mtn-
world.com/en/blog/2017/10/25/graffiti-here-was-just-a-
game-for-kids-jeosm-interview-to-henry-chalfant/
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