Introducing YMI - New York City Graffiti Art CrewsteemCreated with Sketch.

in art •  7 years ago 

One of my biggest passions (and obsessions at one point) was documenting New York City graffiti art and its culture. Over time I stopped going out conducting interviews and shooting pictures. But it hasn’t stopped my appreciation for the art.

I wanted to share some of the images I’ve taken throughout the years with you - the Steemit community. I’ve got over 50,000 images cataloged. To release them all would probably take me 6 months. So my strategy will be to feature artists and curate images into categories.

First this inaugural post - I’d like to introduce to a graffiti crew named YMI. The members have changed over time, and some of the members aren’t originally for NYC. But they did some AMAZING work over the years.

Their work is almost impossible to describe and even if you were able to describe it, you’d sound like a crazy person!

It’s been a while - years in fact - since I’ve updated my blog dedicated to NYC graffiti. If you’d like to go down a rabbit hole and see more you can visit it at: http://kingsofnewyork.net/

I’m also going to be tagging future NYC graffiti posts with the keyword / hashtag “kingsofnewyork”.

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YOU JUST GOT PAINT BOMBED ON!!!!

GRAFFITI LIFE MOFOS!

https://steemit.com/@blackbook

Wow. What an amazing collection of images. I am SOOOO looking forward to the continuation of this series! There are so many gems here but the strange little mask creature riding the snail with the bag full of masks and fantastical fish following is my favorite.

Cheers - Carl "Totally Not A Bot" Gnash




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Thanks for being an original and creative content creator! You rock!

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I figured I start with YMI because I really love their art. Their style is so unique and I can't imagine what goes on their mind.

I have some other artists in mind that will also blow your mind.

Thanks again. 👍

Will you follow me????

wow this is amazing, I have done some street art in boston and I am probably going to post some of the timelapse we made with my friends. I love your pictures, good job!

Be sure to share them on Steemit! I'm sure people will appreciate it.

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Hahahaha...incredible artwork..l shared one which l see good but yours.....OMG..thanks for this man

Yeah now this is dope 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Feeling these big style bro 👌🏽👊🏽

Me too! LOL They're not together anymore but I'm glad I was able to get some of their work while they were active.

Sad but glad you were there too to documents these beauties 😉👊🏽