A child can teach an adult three things:
1. To be happy for no reason
2. To always be busy with something
3. To know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
Hot days out here🥵
Dozens of children and adults are pictured above crowded in and around what was called a ‘swimmobile’ in New York City, ca. 1970.
#history#swimmobile#NYC
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, New York City’s subway system was one of the most dangerous places a person could be. It’s the period of the first rap music, graffiti, The Warriors in the cinema and Guardian Angels on the trains.
Photo: Willy Spiller
#graffiti#subway
A collaboration with English Streetwear brand, Dark Circle. Utilising the concept of the link between streetwear and street art, Dark Circle curated 25 1 of 1 pieces using painter coats as a canvas, all based on Richard Hambletons's shadows.
❌NOT FOR SALE
#StreetWear#vintage
Historic photo:
"Mattress Acrobat, Hoe Avenue, the Bronx," 1987.
Photo credits: Henry Chalfant / Artists Rights Society / Eric Firestone Gallery
#Bronx#oldschool#StreetLife#vintage
Historic photo:
One of artist Richard Hambleton’s “Shadowman” figures, Cooper Union Hewitt Building (demolished), corner of 7th Street & Taras Schevchenko Place, looking west towards Cooper Union Foundation Building, circa 1983.
#shadowman#StreetArt#oldschool#graffitiart