Martha Cooper: Tag Town
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The second edition of the long out of print Martha Cooper "Tag Town" is out now.
From Taki to Basquiat: discover the roots of New York graffiti in Martha Cooper’s iconic photos.
For this book, the legendary documentary photographer Martha Cooper opened her archives, picked pictures that have never been published before.
While graffiti has grown into the largest art movement in history, for every writer it began with their tag, the essential core of the art form.
In Tag Town, renowned documentary photographer Martha Cooper traces New York City’s distinctive style writing from the 1970s through the early 1980s, capturing the development of tagging as the foundation of modern graffiti writing. Her photographs open the door to understanding the culture’s aesthetics and communication.
The book includes rare street pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf, whose early work helped shape the rise of street art, as well as quotes from graffiti pioneers Blade and Snake 1. This photographic chronicle explores the evolution of styles, signatures, and street presence offering a vital historical record of urban creativity in public space.
Before street art went global, it all started with a tag.
Photography by Martha Cooper
Foreword: Tobias Barenthin Lindblad
Interviews: Blade, Part and Snake
108 pages
17 x 23cm
Published by Dokument Press in 2026
Texts: English
ISBN: 9789189944138
