I was toying with the idea of writing messages on walls to make people stop and wonder. It also features some great breakdancing when it was still a new thing. In the late 1970s, the Bronx borough of New York City was in a state of decay and neglect.

I knew that by using a marker I could do the same thing. For the children of the Bronx, there was often little to deter them … "Smily, Ebony Dukes, BS119, Pod, and others at the Intervale station on the 2’s and 5’s, the Bronx," 1979. Malls of the 1970's - the future of retail! Flint Gennari: Very nice, the respect is there. "Mattress Acrobat, Hoe Avenue, the Bronx," 1987. If anyone knows the actual photo credits, I'd be happy to add them. By the end of the decade, the number of felonies recorded each day in the New York City subway - including rapes and murders - made it the most dangerous mass transit … This was one of the badges of honor — that whoever this kid was, had created this work of art in spite of all the odds.
It was clean when I got there. In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and 80s there's an establishing shot with a graffiti-covered subway. This move was in the movie Our Man Flint, and immediately kids started calling me FLINT. Gennari, whose photographs span 1970–77, speaks with Dazed about growing up in the first generation of New York City’s graffiti scene. Projects such as Robert Moses' Cross Bronx Expressway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway devastated vast parts of the housing stock. It's got such a classic 1960-70s vibe. A sensitive child, he began to withdraw into his own world, finding pleasure in photography. The end of the 1960’s saw the emergence of the graffiti scene in New York, when a number of graffiti writers started tagging their names, usually an alias combined with a street number, such as JULIO 204, CAY161 and the infamous TAKI183. The name “Flint” followed me around before I had it. 100th Street and Amsterdam Avenue," 1984. It’s the real thing.” “Army. ", Posted on October 15, 2019, at 4:42 p.m. What was it about? Vibrant splashes of color began popping up across the Bronx as crews of artists began joining forces and competing for exposure and clout. Left: "Dez, Gman, and Friend prepare for a Park Jam, 144th Street and 3rd Avenue, the Bronx," 1984. Flint Gennari: In 1966, my family took a cross-country camping trip during the summer break. Looks like your browser doesn't support JavaScript. "Riding with pride between the cars on the IRT," circa 1980. I would not write next to someone else (for the most part). Wow. At that time I went to Intermediate school in Crown Heights.
“In the ‘70s, someone in the culture could spot another writer easily... We dressed a certain way, had a bag or knapsack to hold paint, ink on our hands, etc.” – Flint Gennari. We were all going on missions. That same year, I started photographing the band across the street. Utilizamos cookies, próprios e de terceiros, que o reconhecem e identificam como um usuário único, para garantir a melhor experiência de navegação, personalizar conteúdo e anúncios, e melhorar o desempenho do nosso site e serviços. I heard someone yell out “FLINT!” Instinctively I turned around even though I was not officially writing it yet (just in my sketchbook). Amongst the odds were arrest and being chased by the police, to the actual dangers of running around in train tunnels. Art & Design is the quintessential graffiti high school. The one I remember the most was in the locker room after gym class. At that time, I was mostly writing on bathroom walls and carving my name on picnic tables and on trees with a knife. When did you get into the idea of writing graffiti? By the late ‘60s, I was writing FLINT up and down Flatbush Avenue and in telephone booths like my idol PRAY. We were trying to get girls! I was the first writer to tag that school. By Destinee Evans and Clayton Guse. Flint Gennari: I was nine years old when I decided I wanted a secret identity. I do still write about New York City. What's it like knowing that you and your friends were the first people to practice what has become a massive art form? Who knows? Flint Gennari: I enjoyed going to the Bronx. Contact Gabriel H. Sanchez at gabriel.sanchez@buzzfeed.com. Left: "Min paints a train in the Sutphin Boulevard layup," 1981. "Pop Lesson. I used to walk with a pocket size notebook and go up and down the list [laughs]. Find out more on about Flint Gennari here. Since then, my photographs have been exhibited in shows such as in Born in the Streets at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. When I arrived, I was already famous. It's all about the late 70s early 80s graffiti artists in NYC. Washington Heights, Manhattan, NYC," 1986. We dressed a certain way, had a bag or knapsack to hold paint, ink on our hands, etc. He set out to capture the faces of this movement and soon developed his own unique style of capturing the graffiti on the sides of subway cars. Around 1970–71, the centre of graffiti innovation moved to New York City, where graffitists following in the wake of TAKI 183, Tracy 168 and PHASE 2 would add their street number to their nickname, "bomb" a train with their work, and let the subway take it "all city"—along with their fame, if it was impressive or simply pervasive enough. Crime in general was rising in the 1970's, and it was exploding in the subway. I love those snappy phrases you used to write. Caso não concorde com o uso cookies dessa forma, você deverá ajustar as configurações de seu navegador ou deixar de acessar o nosso site e serviços. That’s an impressive list of legends right there. The culture of Writer's Benches was a kind of critical forum. I don't know about the years before, maybe they just painted it for the new school year, but when I put my name up, everyone else replied: TRACY 168, PISTOL 1, STEVE 61, SHASTA, FUZZ 1, SHADOW, BOMB 1, etc. And I don't feel like changing the name.


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