Our good friend and past collaborator, Martha Cooper, is launching her new book called Name Tagging tomorrow night at our POP UP store. Come out for good ol’ fashion street scene.

Book Launch Party
Saturday, May 15th, 5-8pm

OBEY POP UP SHOP
151 Orchard Street, NYC.

Martha Cooper is a documentary photographer who has specialized in documenting urban vernacular art and architecture for over thirty years. In 1977, Martha moved to New York City and worked as a staff photographer on the NY Post for three years. During that time she began to shoot graffiti and break dancing, subjects which led to her extensive coverage of early Hip Hop as it emerged from the Bronx.
Martha’s first book Subway Art, has been in print since 1984 and is affectionately called the “Bible” by graffiti artists worldwide. Her next book, R.I.P.: Memorial Wall Art looks at memorial murals in NYC and Hip Hop Files 1980-1984 contains hundreds of rare, early Hip Hop photos. We B*Girlz is an intensive look at girls who breakdance worldwide, and Street Play and New York State of Mind are her collections of NYC photos from the late 70’s. Her latest work documents nearly a decade of hand drawn tags and street art on stickers that she photographed. The best finds are now published in a little book called Name Tagging.