News Tagged: NYC-Subway

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    Throwback Thursday: Denmark's First Legal Graffiti Train Painted 1986

    Bates posted some gems from his vault on his blog for 12ozProphet. Dropping knowledge about the history of the Danish graff scene, Bates resurfaced these photographs of the first legal graffiti train painted in Denmark in 1986 by K Crew. This exemplifies the different attitude towards graffiti European cities have compared to that of New York....

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday November 10, 2011

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    Photo: When The City Was A House Of Horrors - The Photography of John Conn

    The New York Times has a feature today on John Conn, a widely unknown photographer who extensively documented daily life on the New York City Subways in the late 70's and early 80's. You can read the full article on the NY Times website. Check out this beautiful portfolio of John Conn's work below.

    ©12ozProphet - Sunday October 30, 2011

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    Video: New York Subway 1986

    For those who never got to experience the subway graffiti era in New York City, this video gives a taste of what it felt like. Posted by Bates's blog for 12ozProphet, this 5-minute video documents trains pulling in and out of Times Square covered in tags as straphangers get on and off.

    ©12ozProphet - Sunday October 16, 2011

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    Book: Graffiti 365

    Graffiti 365 written by Jay Edlin is the newest book to tackle the ever-evolving topic of the graffiti world. This encyclopedic volume doesn’t discriminate between Graffiti and Street Art, giving both equal billing, organized alphabetically from A1one to Zilda. The 744-page book covers the vast scope of the culture from Taki 183 to the present...

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday October 05, 2011

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    12ozProphet Photo Of The Day: Vintage Flick of a Slave TF5 Panel Piece...

    Here is our 12ozProphet Photo of the Day. This vintage shot of a Slave panel piece was posted earlier today by Mare139 on his personal 12ozProphet blog. Slave was a member of The Fabulous 5ive with Lee, Slug, Mono, and Doc109. The FAB 5 is part of a very short list of crews to paint a whole train (all 10 cars.) Slave recently came out of retirement...

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday October 05, 2011

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    Recap: West One’s ‘Freedom Suite’ Opening at Environment...

    The 12oz team was on hand at last night's opening of West One's "Freedom Suite" at Environment LA. West was one of the most prominent writers through the end of the subway graffiti movement. His crew, Fame City, was recognized for their strong letters and clean lines. West layers his draftsman-like line, learned through studying the architecture of...

    ©12ozProphet - Saturday October 01, 2011

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    12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Midnight Train

    Here is our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. There was so much great graffiti uploaded to the Writers Forum over the past 24 hours that choosing a Shot of the Day was a real challenge. In the end, I just felt like this photo embodies that feeling when you've been waiting half an hour and you finally see the light of and oncoming train. I was...

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday September 28, 2011

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    12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Midnight Train

    Here is our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. There was so much great graffiti uploaded to the Writers Forum over the past 24 hours that choosing a Shot of the Day was a real challenge. In the end, I just felt like this photo embodies that feeling when you've been waiting half an hour and you finally see the light of an oncoming train. I was...

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday September 28, 2011

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    12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Poes Panel at Wyckoff Ave

    Here is our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. This is a beautiful shot of a graffiti covered train in the Wyckoff Ave station. Posted in the NYC Subways section of the Writers Forum by True Original.

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday September 27, 2011