34+ Writers Graffiti History Pictures. History of graffiti pt 1 by eric aka deal cia and spar one tfp of at149st.com ©1998 the writers who are credited with the first conscious bombing effort are cornbread and cool. Graffiti writers grew in prominence, technique, and scale by writing on subway trains at night.
Most histories of graffiti start with philadelphia in 1967, or new york around 1968.
Subway trains were the white canvasses graffiti writers used to make their mark on the world. One writer, mico, condenses the early history of graffiti into a few simple lines: Tells the story of contemporary graffiti, tracing its roots in ancient rock paintings through picasso to its a tribute to graffiti art and the city where it all began. A graffiti writer's tag is his or her personalized signature.