For those of you who dont know me I am Cole Only. I took an interest in photographing graffiti in 1986 while growing up in NYC. I traveled anywhere the subway would take me to catch a flik of something I thought was dope. In 1989 I moved to Atlanta. *edit: due to the blatant thievery and pillaging of photos from this flickr account which I should have expected, all of the New York photos have been deleted and will not be added again* While there was not much graffiti in ATL at the time, the passing years would change that forever. After 1997 I didnt take many photos of graffiti. The concentration of my collection is trains, but as a afficianado of graffiti in general, I also shot walls. I am seeking a publishing deal for a book on train graffiti so I will not be posting many trains on this site. But while scanning the some 3000 negatives I shot from 1986-1997 (in NYC and ATL) I found I had quite a few walls, and i didnt know what to do with them. So through this forum I decided to share. I believe there is some relevence to the history of graffiti. questions about any of these photos should be left in the comments or directed to: steel_wheels@bellsouth.net

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