Vintage Photograph Shows Man Reading Newspaper Inside Colorful Graffiti-Filled Subway Train, 1981

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Style Wars by NOC 167, Manhattan, 1981
Style Wars by NOC 167, Manhattan, 1981
Photo: Martha Cooper

Captured by American photojournalist Martha Cooper back in 1981, this great vintage photograph titled Style Wars by NOC 167 shows a well-dressed man reading a newspaper inside of a colorful, completely graffiti-filled New York City subway train.

via Steven Kasher Gallery

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