Ever since hip-hop and punk music rose from the ashes of urban blight to become two of the most potent youth culture movements of the twentieth century, the world’s streets have taken center stage as vibrant sites of creativity. And in less than a generation, thanks to ease of travel and the Internet, a new global street culture has emerged, bringing all of the world’s diverse subcultures and modes of urban expression together: graffiti, skateboarding and bike messengering, DJing, offbeat fashion, gang life, music, as well as design, photography, and other more traditional visual art.
Street World: Urban Culture and Art from Five Continents is the first book to record the whole phenomenon. From New York and Los Angeles to the Brazilian mega-cities, South African townships, and Mumbai, authors Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon, and Anthony Smyrski highlight cultural hotspots around the world. Divided into more than 50 topics and illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this book celebrates the street as a stage for the visual creativity of a generation.
Contributors include Allen Benedikt, Angela Boatwright, Boogie, Dalek, Per Englund, Shepard Fairey, Aaron Farley, Friends With You, Mike Giant, Invader, Alex Lukas, Mark the Cobra Snake, Miss Van, Dan Monick, Estevan Oriol, Kurnal Rawat, Revok, Travis Roozee, Tod Seelie, Yuri Shibuya, Garth Walker, Adam Wallacavage, WK Interact, We Are Supervision, and dozens more.
Published by Thames and Hudson in the U.K. and by Abrams in North America.
In the contributors section of the Street World book, photographer Per Englund’s site is incorrect - his correct web site is http://www.per-englund.com
His great book, The Beautiful Struggle, is available here.
We regret the error!