Free Agents takes readers on a visual journey through the colorful streets of D.C., featuring the hit-and-run stories of the city’s most notorious graffiti artists. Candid interviews reveal their motivations, offering glimpses into a unique lifestyle and an underappreciated art form.
FREE AGENTS, A History of Washington, D.C. Graffiti is 164 pages of interviews, anecdotes, and photos (over 700 of 'em) about the all-stars of Washington, D.C. graffiti. From the crack wars of Southeast D.C. in the mid-80s to one writer's highly successful ploy of dressing up like a gay hooker to avoid being nabbed by the police, Free Agents leaves no rock unturned and captures the true experience of writing graffiti in our nation's capital.
The two featured graffiti writers of Free Agents are COOL DISCO DAN and SEVEN, D.C.'s two most notorious graffiti artists. Included here are two brief biographies of these writers, just a taste of what you'll discover about them in Free Agents.