Xcia Street Art Project: The First Four Decades

O'Neal, Hank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0983582718 ISBN 13: 9780983582717

Publisher: Siman Media Works, 2012

A former CIA operative, Hank O'Neal traded in his cloak and dagger for a Nikon P4 and has been shooting street art around the world ever since. Street art - those unexpected jolts of beauty and mayhem that greet us in public places - couldn't be hotter. Now photographer Hank O'Neal (aka XCIA) - praised by The New York Times for his in-depth knowledge of "New York City's streets and its celebrities" - delivers the most beautiful collection of street art images ever amassed by a single photographer. For the past four decades, O'Neal has been photographing street art around the globe - from the back alleys of New York City to the beaches of Venice, California; from Jim Morrison's grave in Paris to a section of the Berlin Wall. Featuring hundreds of gorgeously rendered, neverbefore-published photos - from the art of Keith flaring and Richard Hambleton to that of Banksy and Shepard Fahey - XCIA's photographs deliver the ultimate street art experience.

Review:

"Hank O'Neal has a remarkable talent for finding the numinous amid the grime. The same way street artists build upon each other's work in layers, his photos add additional strata of meaning and vision to their subjects." American Photo

"One of the greatest contemporary works of art I have ever experienced. " Tony Bennett

"Takes you right back to the moment, like a scent or a song can do." Debbie Harry

"A wonderful photo collage." Richard Hambleton, "The Godfather of Street Art"

About the Author:

HANK 0'NEAL is an author, photographer, and music producer. His books include A Vision Shared: A Classic Portrait of America and its People, 1935-1943; Berenice Abbott: American Photographer; and The Ghosts of Harlem: Sessions with Jazz Legends. He lives in New York City.