Martha Cooper (American, born 1943)

Timeline

1959–1963: Grinnell College, B.A., Grinnell, Iowa
1963–1965: Peace Corps Volunteer, Thailand, English teacher
1965–1966: Oxford University, England, Graduate Diploma in Ethnology
1967–1968: Curatorial Assistant in Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1977–1980: Staff Photographer, New York Post, New York, NY
1980–2010: Freelance photographer shooting for many magazines including National Geographic and Vibe.

2010: Graffiti NYC: Artists of the Third Rail, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
Shadow Space,Aiko, Martha Cooper, Gillian Goldstein, Motel7, Koralie, Mickey, Jules Muck, Klor, Queen Andrea, Indie184 and Sherm, Los Angeles, CA
Subway Art, Martha Cooper, Blade and Henry Chalfant, Galerie Bailly Contemporain & Taxie Gallery, Paris, France
2009: Whole In The Wall: 1970 – Now, Hellenbeck Gallery, New York, NY
Martha Cooper, Street Shots, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant and Blade, Black Rat Gallery, London, UK
2008: Gallery Studio Apart: 1958-2008: a fifty-year retrospective, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002: Missing: Streetscape of a City in Mourning- NY Historical Society, New York, NY

2010: Name Tagging, Martha Cooper
2009: Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition by Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant, Thames and Hudson.
2009: Going Postal, Martha Cooper, Mark Batty Publisher
2007: Tag Town: The Evolution of New York Graffiti, Martha Cooper and Tobias Barenthin Lindblad
2007: New York State of Mind, Martha Cooper, Powerhouse
2006: Street Play, Martha Cooper, Powerhouse and MZEE
2005: We B*Girlz, Martha Cooper,Nika Kramer, Rokafella, Powerhouse
2004: Hip Hop Files: Photographs, 1979-1984, Martha Cooper.
2002: R.I.P: Memorial Wall Art (Street Graphics / Street Art) Martha Cooper & Joseph Sciorra, Thames and Hudson, New York, NY
1984: Subway Art (Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant).
: She lives in Manhattan where she is the Director of Photography at City Lore, the New York Center for Urban Folk Culture.
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English (US)