SOPHIE BRAMLY (B. 1959)

Walk This Way Book

signed, numbered and inscribed in marker '1/1 Artist's Proof, One and only original artist copy of the book' (on the first page)

softcover book printed in colors accompanied by signed photographs

book: 9 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1/3 inches (23.5 x 26.0 x 1.5 cm)

Published in 2015. This book is number 106 from an edition of 500. Published by Edition 213, Paris, France.

NOTES:

Sophie Bramly (b. 1959) is a French photographer, creative director, and media pioneer whose work has played a pivotal role in chronicling and shaping the early global narrative of hip-hop culture. Born in Tunisia and raised in Paris, Bramly moved to New York in 1981, where she embedded herself in the emerging hip-hop scene as both witness and documentarian. Over the next three years, she captured the culture’s underground vibrancy with unprecedented intimacy. Her photographs, taken in clubs, bedrooms, subway stations, and recording studios, remain among the most definitive visual records of hip-hop’s formative years.

Accompanied by signed certificate of authenticity, Walk This Way offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes photographic chronicle of early hip-hop culture from 1981–1984, featuring portraits of Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, and other pioneers captured at a time when the genre was still underground. It was printed on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Galerie 213, Paris, France. The book is accompanied by the following photographs in the front and back sleeves:

 
- "D.ST in the subway" 1/1 Artist Proof, signed on the reverse

- "Fab 5 Freddy walking out of white castle" Artist Proof 6/25, signed on the reverse