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  • Flight Mode No.3 – Old Habits – New Habitats

    The 2018 issue of Flight Mode just kept going where the concept magazine did start three years ago. The book is a collection of trainwriters who travel around the globe and bring back photographic souvenirs from their journeys. Once again every participant has his or her own chapter with well selected shots of trains from Novosibirsk to Washington and from…

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  • Flight Mode No.1 – Treasured Moments and Memorabilia

    For many writers, often trainwriters, traveling and painting all around the globe has become an essential part of the graffiti lifestyle. In times of cheap interrail tickets and low flight costs the concept of visiting other cities and countries for a weekend, a week or even being several months on the road is nowadays a common habit.

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  • The history of graffiti in Greece 1984 – 1994

    In 1984 the graffiti writing culture has been transported from New York City to the whole world in movies like Wild Style, Beat Street and through books like Subway Art. Since a few years there is a growing interest in the impact which hip hop had in the first years after its triumphal arrival in Europe. Writers from the Netherlands,…

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  • Book of Bott

    Originated from an synonym for shoes “botten” has become a slang-like definition for “running” or as specified in this publication: running away from the police, security guards or other authorities. On 177 pages the “Book of Bott” connects bott-stories by 50 narrators, most of them writers from the German capital.

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  • IRON CITY – Graffiti Dortmund

    Dortmund is one of the few German cities in which the classic 1980s movies and books from New York on graffiti had an immediate impact and gave birth to a very active and fast developing scene. Names like ZODIAK, CHINTZ and SHARK have been iconic figures in the early days of graffiti in Germany and Europe and still are today.

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  • Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia

    As New York City developed its own name writing culture in the 1960s, so did Philadelphia. In “Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia” you get an insight into a collection of historic black-and-white photographs from the late 60s to the early 80s documenting the city’s tag culture. The big sized (24cm x 34cm) photo book does not focus on special names…

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  • Konsens Berlin 2017

    „Konsens Berlin“ is a project that combines a colorful mix of artists – all related to graffiti and the city of Berlin. Each participant was provided with a double page to present himself or his works with 2 photos.

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  • Cargocolor Nummervier

    In their fourth print issue the guys behind Cargocolor united 16 specials under the topic of darkness. Each of the participants did take part in an individual way, always related to freighttrains or the hobo culture.

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  • Cargocolor Nummerdrei

    After the first two issues of the Cargocolor magazine only had to offer photographic content just like their blog, this time the guys behind the fanzine created a concept issue combining texts and photos focusing on the topic of traveling.

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  • Moures – Faces

    When it comes to trainwriting, taking photos of the finished piece is as common as masking your face or using gloves to not leave fingerprints. In Athens there seems to be another strange but common ritual to follow. Tagging and posing in the front of the subways front after a successful action.

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