Recorded right in midtown at a spot called Grind.NoMad, today’s guest on the show is Martha Cooper. In this episode we talk about the Peace Corps, traveling across Asia, publishing books, capturing the Yakuza, anthropology, street play, photography, National Geographic, the New York Post and documenting graffiti culture as well as street art.
Thumbnail Photography by Urban Nation
Stay Up To Date with Martha Cooper
A Few Photos we Spoke of
Show Notes
- Shanghai, China
- Peace Corps
- Hippies of the 60’s
- “All the pieces fit together…”
- Hip Hop
- Street Art
- Subway Art Book
- 50 Publisher Proposals
- Henry Chalfant
- Hip Hop Files 2004 Book
- Germany
- Percolating in Europe -Hip hop
- “Art Bubble” Amon Focus
- Art Basel
- Wynwood
- Shinola
- Tattoo Book took 40 years to publish
- Find the ideal time to present your work
- Yakuza tattoos
- Showing sincere interest
- Japan
- Peace Corps 1963-1965
- John F. Kennedy started Peace Corps
- Teaching English in Thailand
- Malawi, Africa
- English as a second language
- Smithsonian
- Yale
- Anthropology
- What advice would you give to surviving NY?
- National Geographic
- New York Post Editor Susan Welchman
- Freelance
- Gordon Parks
- “Sowebo/Soweto”
- Gentrification
- Bolt Bus
- ‘The Picture Lady’
- Hoe Avenue in the Bronx
- Habits of the trains
- Haiti stories: Kids making Toys
- Risk Quotient: keep it low
- Follow your Instincts
- 1Up Crew in Germany
- Cuba
- Capturing process
- *Kid Jumping over barrels in Central Park
- Lower East Side
- Riverside Park Snow Fort
- B-boying – Breaking Scene in New York
- When work takes up too much of your time
- 1980 NY Post Story on Breaking
- Dance Writer Village Voice with Martha Cooper
- Crazy Legs Break Dancer
- Rock Steady Crew
- 12 Once
- *Adam Purple Garden
- Street Play Book by Martha Cooper
- Edwin or “HE3”
- You’re not going to make money from your book
- Still collecting stickers?
- Haven’t seen before, process haven’t seen before.
- “I’m trying to get a good picture…”
- “Maybe the best pictures might not be thief the best part”
- “It’s not just about the artists and the art”
- Photographers are a part of the Creative Ecosystem
- Atlanta Show “Then & Now”
- JR
- Bansky
- Go with your instincts
- Specialties in photography
Keys for Capturing Difficult Stories
- Be Charming
- Don’t be too quick to take photos
- If they don’t want their pictures taken, don’t take them
- Give back to the community
- Gain trust
- It’s a Give and take
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