Boys racing their homemade go carts on the portion of the West Side HIghway which has since been demolished; Lower East Side; 1978. © Martha Cooper

Martha Cooper has specialized in documenting urban culture for over forty-five years.  While Cooper’s photographs of graffiti writers and breaking in New York City are central to the history of Hip Hop, Streetwise also reflects the broader scope of her practice, including a substantial body of work made in the Bronx.

Featured series include images of casitas—informal community-built structures in Puerto Rican neighborhoods—alongside photographs of street racing, BMX riding, graffiti, breaking and street art by artists including Banksy and TATScru, as well as scenes connected to Fashion Moda, the influential Bronx art space. The exhibition also presents photographs made in the Sowebo neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore, and selections from Tokyo Tattoo 1970, documenting Japan’s underground tattoo culture at a moment when it was largely unseen by Western media.

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