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James Prigoff, who documented street art, dies at 93 Prigoff was the author, with Henry Chalfant, of “Spraycan Art” (1987). by Neil Genzlinger (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- James Prigoff, who after beginning his career in business turned his attention to photography, documenting public murals and street art in thousands of pictures taken all over the world and helping to legitimize works once dismissed as vandalism, died April 21 at his home in Sacramento, California. He was 93. His granddaughter Per...

James Prigoff, Who Documented Street Art, Dies at 93 In thousands of pictures, Mr. Prigoff captured the often ephemeral but complex works that were once dismissed as vandalism. James Prigoff at the opening of the Museum of Graffiti in Miami in 2019. “‘Vandalism’ may be a matter of point of view,” he once said of the street art he photographed, “but it is clearly art.”Credit...Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Published May 1, 2021Updated May 5, 2021 James Prigoff, who after beginning his...