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by Jim Fricke (Editor), Charlie Ahearn (Editor), Experience Music Project Da Capo Press, 2002. 252pp.
"Based on the "Hip-Hop Nation" exhibit at Seattle's Experience Music Project and the project's ongoing Oral History Program, this history of the beginnings of hip-hop in 1970s New York City is a lavishly illustrated and lovingly compiled homage to the many artists who contributed to the birth of what soon became and remains today, more than 25 years later a worldwide cultural institution. Editors Fricke and Ahearn (director of the hip-hop film Wild Style) weave the insights and attitudes of nearly 100 of the key players into a multihued and multiracial tapestry that illustrates what the excitement of that era and its music was all about...." --Publishers Weekly
by Martha Cooper (photo), Fabel, Patti Astor From Here to Fame, 2004. 237pp.
"Martha Cooper has the reputation of being the first and foremost photographer of hip hop culture in New York City. While the publication of Cooper's photographs in the early 80s disseminated the culture both at home and abroad, her new book, Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984, makes a significant part of her extensive and unique archive accessible for the first time. From 1999 to 2003, the German hip hop head and music publisher Akim Walta tracked down the subjects in Cooper's legendary shots and conducted numerous interviews obtaining insightful quotes and statements to accompany and add voices to the photographs. Other members of the early hip hop scene, including ZEPHYR, Charlie Ahearn, FABEL, and Patti Astor, contribute text and essays, adding fresh data to the growing body of hip hop history." --book description sample images from this book can be viewed here.
by Ben Watts Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. 192pp.
"Big up, with its broad, vigorous, and tender range of portraits, collages, and fusion of mediums, is a sweet, irreverent valentine to being young and intensely alive. photographer ben watts brings a generous energetic attention to his vision of youth, which cuts across class, race, and locations throughout the world" --George Pitts, Vibe
by Neal Heard New Press, 1997. 177pp.
"Want to run faster, jump higher, play better? For years we've been told that we can achieve these grandiose goals with the help of high-performance athletic footwear. What used to be the lowly gym shoe has risen to a revered wardrobe staple. The Sneaker Book: An Anatomy of the Industry and an Icon, by journalist Tom Vanderbilt, relates the story of the sneaker in a breezy and fact-filled manner that perfectly captures the heart of the subject. Starting with a brief history of both the footwear and the $11 billion industry that now feeds off of it, Vanderbilt looks at the design, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and advertising that have taken the sneaker business to astronomical heights. His evaluation is augmented with a variety of charts, corporate profiles, previously published articles, and even cartoons that lend depth and shading to the topic. This informative and compact book reads like a special magazine issue devoted to a single subject, and it is indeed the first in a new series of similar books that will each focus on a popular consumer product." --Howard Rothman for Amazon.com
by Tom Vanderbilt New Press, 1997. 177pp.
"Whether it's adidas, New Balance or Puma, sneakers are the defining footwear of the modern age. With over 300 styles photographed in color beginning with the legendary Converse All Star, Sneakers pays tribute to this most versatile of shoes, from collectors' items to everyday street wear in cutting-edge subcultures, from the aerodynamic Nike models on the running track, to the one-of-a-kind Gucci or Donna Karan on the runway. In-depth feature speads explore such subjects as brand history, celebrity endorsements, famous advertising campaigns, and advice for collectors." --book description
by Ernie Paniccioli, Kevin Powell Amistad, 2002. 224pp.
"Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography is the first major pictorial history of hip hop culture based around the work of one photographer. Culled from a vast archive, the approximately 150 images in Who Shot Ya? represent the visual diary of a generation, essentially following this socio-political art form from the streets of New York City to the billion-dollar global industry it has become. While some of these iconic renderings have graced the pages of magazines and fanzines through the years, most are published here for the first time." --book description
by Bonz Malone, Nicole Beattie, DJ Lindy Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003. 368pp.
"Malone's hip-hop book is about pretty pictures of, as it says, hip-hop immortals striking menacing poses. From the first picture of Dr. Dre, seemingly running through a world of fire, to the stunning two-pager of Run-DMC and the closing images of Lil' Kim (one a cleverly nonrevealing nude, another of her sporting blonde pigtails), the visual excitement of the hip-hop scene predominates. There is some text, but most of it runs, often lyrically, to the promotional and mainly supports the pictures, which are astounding and striking portrayals of some of pop music's hottest personalities." --Mike Tribby for Booklist sneakers culture sneaker head shoe head sneaker pimp kicks trainers addidas puma converse dj star
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