BACKFLASHES - Graffiti Tales

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BACKFLASHES 
Graffiti Tales

Graffiti is shaped not only by letters and styles, but by moments—fleeting, intense, and impossible to repeat. BACKFLASHES – Graffiti Tales captures these moments from within: the tension, adrenaline, and emotional density of nocturnal actions.

For more than six years, photographer ruedione accompanied graffiti writers around the world on their nightly excursions. His focus is not the finished piece or the individual writer, but the experience itself: heightened awareness, the smell of paint, darkness, and the distant pulse of the city.

Shot exclusively in black and white, the photographs condense these experiences into powerful visual afterimages. More than a photobook, BACKFLASHES places the viewer inside the action—as a silent observer moving through the night.

Alongside the images, writers such as SMASH137, REVOK, COPE2, JEPSY, Peter Michalski, ATOM, DARE and others contribute personal reflections on bombing culture and nocturnal journeys.

More than photography. More than graffiti.

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Book Details

•Hardcover
•224 pages
•Language: English
•Publisher: Publikat
•Publication date: 1 November 2009
•Dimensions: 28.3 × 2.5 × 28 cm
•ISBN-10: 3939566217
•ISBN-13: 978-3939566212