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Martha Cooper

1943 - Today

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Martha Cooper is an American photojournalist. She worked as a staff photographer for the New York Post during the 1970s. She is best known for documenting the New York City graffiti scene of the 1970s and 1980s. In 1984, Cooper and Henry Chalfant published their photographs of New York City graffiti in the book Subway Art, which has been called the graffiti bible and, by 2009, had sold half a million copies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Cooper is the 137th most popular photographer (down from 116th in 2019), the 10,214th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,240th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Martha Cooper ranks 137 out of 148Before her are Emma Schenson, Allan Warren, Erwin Olaf, Garry Winogrand, Clarence Hudson White, and David LaChapelle. After her are Fernando Pereira, Wolfgang Tillmans, Titian Peale, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Andres Serrano, and Mick Rock.

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Among people born in 1943, Martha Cooper ranks 621Before her are Jim Risch, Morten Lauridsen, Juhani Suutarinen, Pelle Svensson, Norman Thagard, and John Hunter. After her are Herman Rouwé, Vladimir Fedotov, Paul Corkum, Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, and Edmund Bruggmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Cooper ranks 10,216 out of 20,380Before her are Josiah Bartlett (1729), Jenna Bush Hager (1981), Justin Gatlin (1982), William Christopher (1932), Ralph McQuarrie (1929), and Buddy Miles (1947). After her are John Kasich (1952), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), Dane DeHaan (1986), Philip Schuyler (1733), Dwyane Wade (1982), and Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Martha Cooper ranks 40Before her are F. Holland Day (1864), Toni Frissell (1907), Sally Mann (1951), Garry Winogrand (1928), Clarence Hudson White (1871), and David LaChapelle (1963). After her are Titian Peale (1799), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Andres Serrano (1950), Terry Richardson (1965), Steven Klein (1965), and Alice Austen (1866).