Alter Ego - photo exhibition by Melissa Scholten

Thursday August 26th Alter Ego vernissage at the Trouw building, Amsterdam.

100 portraits of graffiti writers in their daily life, photographed in their homes, with their kids, at their jobs or at a location important to them. Graffiti writers who's main playground used to be or still is the city of Amsterdam.

Most portraits reveal the writer's story or personality, without mentioning the name they are known for by the public or in the scene. Spectators will be surprised about the variety of people who write or wrote graffiti: meet punk rockers from the 70's, a thai box champion, the everage dutch father of two, the cook, the famous graphic designer, the beer drinking bar guest, the ajax fan, the bar owner, the CEO chauffeur or the ex junkie.

The show runs until September 5th. The catalog a must have for graffiti book collectors.

Here some photo's of the exhibition's opening night. Too bad the owner of the venue shut the party down very early because of some tagging inside.












































Interview on Supercharged.tv with Melissa Scholten here. (Thumbs!)

All City Writers Book presentation Friday 5th February in Amsterdam

This pile of Books will be presented on Friday 5th February at Carharrt store Amsterdam. 
It's the All City Writers bible by Andrea Caputo (Italy). The book was released last November in Milano. It's the best book on graffiti after Subway Art and Spraycan Art. 

For more information check here.


I do not understand why Carharrt Amsterdam is not announcing this presentation louder. This book is too ill to get this few attention.
Cee you there!


Opening: 18.30-20.00h.

Book Release: All City Writers, Milano report

November 7th, Milano Italy, an invasion of graffiti artists. Reason: the book release of All City Writers by Andrea Caputo.
The event consisted out of a book presentation, a video exhibition and an afterparty. It was very well visited, many countries were represented in the audience.

The book is a must have! Subtitle: the Graffiti Diaspora.  It's about how the New York style graffiti came to Europe and how it spread itself throughout our continent. It's not a book you'll finish reading in one day! More than 250 artists have contributed with their own unique stories and photos. The book is big and fat.

 Take a look for yourself.

 For more information: http://www.allcitywriters.com

And now an impression of the event.

I was too busy having a good time, I forgot to take more pictures...

Book release: ALL CITY WRITERS - A.Caputo, 07/11/2009

7th November 2009: release of an incredible book about the development of NYC graffiti of the 70's/early 80's into the rest of the world.

Interviews/quotes/photos of the writers that really mattered during the upcoming underground graffiti scene of Europe, Australia etc. of the mid 80's to the mid 90's... and more.

More info at www.allcitywriters.com

see you in Milano!!!