Most Popular Books by Martha Cooper

“Many of the images are today iconic masterpieces. . . . One of the most influential art books of its time.” —The Big Issue In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world, presenting stunning photographic documentation of the burgeoning movement in New York. Thirty years later, this bible of street art has been updated with over seventy photographs not included in the original edition and new insights on an incredibly rich period for urban art and its legacy. In new introductions, authors Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant recall how they gained entry into the New York City graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s. New afterwords continue the story, tracing the decline of the subway and graffiti scene in the late 1980s to its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. The authors reveal how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded and mourn the loss of several to the darker forces of the street.

Martha Cooper has the reputation of beeing the first and foremost photographer of emering Hip Hop culture in New York City. Her book, HIP HOP FILES - Photographs 1979-1984, makes a significant part of her extensive and unique archive accessible for the first time. The book documents the beginning of the phenomenon, now known as Hip Hop. The publication of many of her photos in the early 80s, disseminated the culture both at home and abroad. Along with the photos are quotes and statements from the people appearing in them. The book celebrates its 10th birthday in 2014 and was published in three different languages: german, english and french. The book includes a thoughtful introduction by ZEPHYR as well as essays by CHARLIE AHEARN; PATTI ASTOR and POPMASTER FABEL, participants in the early Hip Hop scene.

Culled from the extensive archives of one of the most renowned graffiti photographers of all time comes this remarkable collection of previously unpublished images of New York’s graffiti scene in the 1980s. If you were a graffiti writer in 1980s New York City, you wanted Martha Cooper to document your work—and she probably did. Cooper has spent decades immortalizing art that is often overlooked, and usually illegal. Her first book, 1984’s Subway Art (a collaboration with Henry Chalfant), is affectionately referred to by graffiti artists as the “bible”. To create Spray Nation, Cooper and editor Roger Gastman pored through hundreds of thousands of 35mm Kodachrome slides, painstakingly selecting and digitizing them. The photos range from obscure tags to portraits, action shots, walls, and painted subway cars. They are accompanied by heartfelt essays celebrating Cooper’s drive, spirit, and singular vision. The images capture a gritty New York era that is gone forever. And although the original pieces (as well as many of their creators) have been lost, these powerful photos feel as immediate as a subway train thundering down the tracks.

This classic collection of photographs documents the best of New York City''s memorial murals, which were painted for the victims of tragic and untimely deaths. Commissioned by families and friends of the victims to commemorate the casualties of shootings, accidents, arguments, police killings, and drug-related turf wars, these vibrant murals have in most cases now been painted over or destroyed. R. I. P. contains superb color photographs of memorials from Harlem and the Lower East Side, the South Bronx and Brooklyn, together with the moving stories behind them. The photographs of these painted walls ensure that the dead are not forgotten, for a sometimes violent and indifferent city also spawned a rich urban art form. 137 color photographs.

Every graffiti writer began his or her writing career with a tag. For those who learn to read tags, a world of aesthetic expression and communication opens up. Tags are a universal language - the jazz of lettering. The photos in Tag Town, dating back to the 1960s, introduce readers to the origins of New York style graffiti, containing rare photos of work on the street by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf. Accompanying text is based on interviews with New York graffiti pioneers Blade, Part I and Snake I.

Martha Cooper''s photos take us through the Alphabet City of the late 70s as the area was about to undergo extensive urban renewal -- a process that is still continuing today. At the time, the neighborhood had more than its share of drug dealers and petty criminals, and the landscape seemed ugly and forbidding. But to the children who grew up there, the abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots made perfect playgrounds, providing raw materials and open space for unsupervised play. A crumbling tenement housed a secret clubhouse, rooftops became private aviaries, and a pile of trash might be a source for treasure.

''Name Tagging'' presents an array of ''hello my name is'' stickers adorned with tags, the origin of graffiti and today''s street art cultures. Martha Cooper has captured the artistry and audacity of graffiti artists and their distinctive tags.

It is a transforming time for everyone involved when an aging adult begins to require more assistance and care from loved ones. Little by little, as elderly adults are asked to let go of things they have always done or cherished, caregivers attempt to fill their lives with love, warmth, and securityall while blindly navigating through an uncertain time. Martha Eischen has been there. Over the course of ten years, she was responsible for her mothers total care. In Mothering Mother, she shares not only her perspective, but also practical advice and valuable resources as she leads other caregiversboth novice and experienceddown a road of compassion and complete understanding. Martha shares a deeply emotional story as she details her mothers end-of-life journey and how she, in turn, learned how to provide personal care, partner with medical professionals, and deal with altered family dynamics. As she describes her life as a caregiver, she clearly identifies emotions, changes in roles, keys to keeping her mother active, and day-to-day care issues. Mothering Mother is a loving, encouraging guidebook that will help caregivers everywhere fill the last days of a loved ones life with love, security, and fond memories. As a caregiver and a professional in Aging, I found this wonderful book very uplifting. It reinforced all that I knew to be true. I was reminded, when the going gets tough, that the opportunity to do the giving is a treasure. Ruth Mooney, PhD, MN, Nursing Research Facilitator, ChristianaCare Health System

[This book] is to provide a unique learning resource for the study of persuasion. [It is] designed ... to explain basic theories and to review a variety of research about persuasion ... Each chapter of the text emphasizes an application and critical understanding of persuasion by reference to at least one extended example ... The book is organized in terms of three broad perspectives toward persuasion. These three perspectives are the Classical Perspective, the Symbolist Perspective and the Institutional Perspective. These perspectives are intended to capture both classical roots and contemporary developments within the study of persuasion ... Much of the information contained in this book can easily be used by those who have practical concerns regarding the crafting and presentation of persuasive messages, the book is not a "how-to" manual.-Pref.

This text explores the workings of the connection between community & communication by providing a mature treatment of public argument that will encourage the student to evaluate public discourse critically.

Documents the experiences of nine-year-old Tony as he follows in the Mexican trick roping tradition handed down to him by his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

Presents photographs of street memorials erected in the days following the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, reflecting the city''s diversity and its resilience in the face of disaster.

In I''m Possible " Your Guide and Personal Canvas to a New You" Martha Cooper-Hudson takes the reader on a journey to discover 5 key critical thing he or she must discover, in order to reach their greatest potential by discovering : What God says about you; What Purpose is; How to discover your gifts within; How to eliminate negativity from your life; and that you are "More than Good Enough" to have everything HE says you can have.Your value doesn''t decrease based on someone''s inability to see your worth. Choose to turn the impossible into reality. When you have a Dream, Purpose, Goal, and a Will to succeed no matter the cost; Time doesn''t matter.

In 1975, New York City was bankrupt. Crime was at an all-time high, street muggings were commonplace, buildings were crumbling, entire neighborhoods were abandoned by landlords as residents fled to the suburbs and the government could care less. Here is a documentary of the embattled but irresistable urban mecca.

In 1970, as a young photographer, Martha Cooper moved from the USA to Tokyo and became fascinated with Irezumi, the art of Japanese tattooing. Searching for an artist, she found Horibun I, a respected master working in the traditional Okachimachi District of Tokyo. Forbidden in Japan for nearly 80 years, Irezumi in 1970 was an art form strictly for those in the know. For some months Horibun I allowed Cooper to follow and photograph him working. The photos, untouched for 40 years, have finally found their way into a book that tells both the story of Irezumi in 1970, and of Martha Cooper''s first adventure into a subculture--Publisher''s description.

Postal stickers have long been a preferred substrate used by street artists to get up. Of course, because stickers from the US Postal Service, UPS, DHL and FEDEX are so readily available, so many of these stickers get lost in the fray. That''s where graffiti photography legend Martha Cooper comes in. Shooting the origins of hip-hop and graffiti cultures since the late 1970s in New York City, and later all over the world, Cooper''s well-trained eyes know how to recognize deft sticker art. Here then is a collection of more than 200 photographs of some of Cooper''s favorite handmade postal stickers from around the world, whether done by some of the scene''s better-known artists or the anonymous. Going Postal documents how an old-school method has burgeoned into another rich facet of the world''s graffiti cultures.

Describes six-year-old Ernie Wan''s preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance.

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