Martha: A Picture Story

Martha: A Picture Story (2019)

November 28th, 20191h 22min

Documentary
90%

Overview

In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become an influential godmother to a global movement of street artists.


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