Posts Tagged ‘new york times’

Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Thanks to Saul Nofizaro aka Mr Saul Metnick, of blandscape.org Photographer extraordinaire for putting me onto this NY times story…

New York Times 20010-02-05

Mr. Felisbret, 46, chose the long way. Not that he is unused to fence-jumping. In the 1970s, that was one of his skills as a budding graffiti writer who stole into subway yards. Using the nom de graf DEAL, he was part of the Crazy Inside Artists, a legendary crew from East New York, Brooklyn. This time, though, instead of wielding a spray can, he pulled out a camera and took a quick snapshot of the artwork, done with the landlord’s permission.

-read the rest here; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/nyregion/05graffiti.html