In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book that documents the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted on New York City's subway cars. The 2009 edition of the book is available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant's images of the trains retain their influence, while Martha Cooper's narrative images tell the story. In the introductions, the authors recall how they gained access to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques they used to photograph it. The subsequent references document how the lives of the original subway artists evolved and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected revival as a global art movement. This is an essential book for all fans of graffiti, striking photography, and 1980s style.