Whether on streets or subway cars, photos of my tags are pretty rare. It’s actually amazing to me that I’ve located this many photographs of my tags. Big thank you to folks who have sent me photos over the years. It’s a big help because I never bothered to photograph my tags. In the 1970’s and into the 1980’s I usually tried to get photos of my pieces on trains (with varying degrees of success) but I never thought to photograph any of my tags. As far as preserving history goes, I would have done things differently if I had considered that sometimes seemingly random things become far more interesting over time. With that in mind here is a random smattering of my tags from back in the day.
Old IRT with the ceiling fan “Brody” was a back-up of mine Faded with Bus 129 in New Lots HEIST tag on LL train Keep on truckin’ With Mackie on the BMT’s With the legendary Mr. Om
With RASTA and FUTURAAre there still payphones in NYC? Fresh Kidds….Min One prez These guys look kinda miserable Highway Star Tankers are good for tags Too burnt… Uni-Wide on the ceiling… Under the ad panels IRT ceilings always an option Kool Keith The Radiant Baby… You’re being watched… Faded glory…. “Obdewl X” does it.. Pony Boy Philly Led Zep style APS 167 brother of LSD-OM Holland with Stash 2 on the old wood IRT ceiling
Matt Dillon rides the Broadway LocalCHEECH and JOI tags on the CC