Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Kids & Teens, Old New York

“Brooklyn Streetball” 1989 (New Scan)

Stickball-Brooklyn-1989-8000 copy

I finally finished scanning the majority of the older work I did back in the ’80s last night. I have plenty of current work and some medium format stuff I’ve been avoiding, and I also have a huge amount of my “Prime” negatives in need of being rescanned…I’m still relieved to have gotten through this portion of my work which has taken me over two years!

 

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Graffiti-NYC Tags, Kids & Teens

“Stitch-1” First Generation or Wave N.Y.C. Tag 1985

Stitch-1-1985 copy

At this point one would have to be at almost 50 years old to remember what grafitti was like in 1970. I do recall monitoring the “First Wave” tags, and Stitch-1 with his pal Snake-1 killed the Broadway line and much more…Tags are very hard for some people to appreciate and if you weren’t part of the scene, chances are you thought they were just chicken scratch!

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Graffiti-NYC Tags, Old New York

“Vintage Soul Power Tag”

Soul-Power-1-Saint-1986 copy

This tag is early first wave and interesting in the fact that the writer has borrowed or stolen at least three things from other writers. His “Saint” which he borrowed from Stay HIgh-149 is a rather crude attempt to say the least. Then he has also borrowed the “Crown” which RAT and several other early writers used, and finally the interlocking SP was made famous by SPIC-54 if my memory is correct….

 

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