I slept for 8 hours! Woooohaaaaa! Up and breakfast on the go... Heading up to the museum of nyc to see the journey through hip hop exhibition... Took the subway up to Central Park North, walked through the park and realised we were about to pass by the birth place of hip hop (106th and Park) so we walked over, got some pics, shame you can't get properly in to the graffiti wall of fame unless it a weekend, amazing HARLEM piece on the outside by TATS crew, worth the walk just for that!
Back to the museum, on entry we were told about the other exhibits, and there was an exhibition on activism in New Yorks history... It was sooooo good... At home I attend rallies for equal rights, for refugees, the LGBT community, our indigenous people's rights, so this was really cool to see...
Then off to the exhibit we were here for, capturing hip hop over the 70's through 90's, firstly this was amazing, a highlight of the trip...
Joe conza took photos before my time, these were basically from the birth of hip hop right through to the 80's, probably my least favourite part of the exhibit...
Martha Cooper truly captured a moment of time in hip hop, focusing on bboying and graffiti, her photos really take you there... They feel so alive...
Janette Beckman took photos of the artists of the time, and they are ridiculously good... If I could afford it our house would be full of them...
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