You Oughta Know: "Brooklyn Street Art" & "A Time Before Crack" photography books
If you're into photography like I am, you should check these two photography books out.
Brooklyn Street Art
This latest addition to Prestel s acclaimed Street Art series takes the train to Brooklyn to present a dizzying collection of urban images that gives testament to the vibrant culture in New York City s largest borough.
From the warehouses of ultra-hip Williamsburg to the brick facades of Bushwick tenements and DUMBO S waterfront cool, the 150 images in this book by photographer Jaime Rojo capture the wide range of mediums and styles of today s exciting street artists. Presented as full-page images, this selection of Brooklyn street art celebrates free expression. The result is a collection of art that brilliantly reflects Brooklyn s unique energy and dynamic population.
About the Author
Steven P. Harrington is a book designer and creative director in Manhattan. His art, animation and video installation work has been shown in Brooklyn galleries.
Jaime Rojo is a photographer based in New York who has exhibited in group shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Street-Art-Jaime-Rojo/dp/379133963X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232926573&sr=1-1
A Time Before Crack
"Deeply unpretentious and undistracted by the trendy new aesthetics or technologies, Mr. Shabazz is the best kind of photojournalist: one driven simply by curiosity about other human beings." (Ken Johnson, The New York Times) Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment—but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair of shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared. Best known as hip hop’s finest fashion photographer for his blockbuster best-selling monograph, Back in the Days (powerHouse Books, 2001), Shabazz revisited his archive and unearthed an extraordinary collection of never-before-published documentary photographs collected for his third powerHouse Books release, A Time Before Crack. A visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, Shabazz’s distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary."
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Before-Crack-Jamel-Shabazz/dp/1576872130/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232926718&sr=1-1
Brooklyn Street Art
This latest addition to Prestel s acclaimed Street Art series takes the train to Brooklyn to present a dizzying collection of urban images that gives testament to the vibrant culture in New York City s largest borough.
From the warehouses of ultra-hip Williamsburg to the brick facades of Bushwick tenements and DUMBO S waterfront cool, the 150 images in this book by photographer Jaime Rojo capture the wide range of mediums and styles of today s exciting street artists. Presented as full-page images, this selection of Brooklyn street art celebrates free expression. The result is a collection of art that brilliantly reflects Brooklyn s unique energy and dynamic population.
About the Author
Steven P. Harrington is a book designer and creative director in Manhattan. His art, animation and video installation work has been shown in Brooklyn galleries.
Jaime Rojo is a photographer based in New York who has exhibited in group shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Street-Art-Jaime-Rojo/dp/379133963X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232926573&sr=1-1
A Time Before Crack
"Deeply unpretentious and undistracted by the trendy new aesthetics or technologies, Mr. Shabazz is the best kind of photojournalist: one driven simply by curiosity about other human beings." (Ken Johnson, The New York Times) Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment—but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair of shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared. Best known as hip hop’s finest fashion photographer for his blockbuster best-selling monograph, Back in the Days (powerHouse Books, 2001), Shabazz revisited his archive and unearthed an extraordinary collection of never-before-published documentary photographs collected for his third powerHouse Books release, A Time Before Crack. A visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, Shabazz’s distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary."
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Before-Crack-Jamel-Shabazz/dp/1576872130/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232926718&sr=1-1
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