Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug- and alcohol-fueled nights with the surrogate family he formed with friends and fellow artists Ryan McGinley and Dan Colen before his death by heroin overdose in 2009. Drawing from Snow’s unforgettable body of work and involving archival footage, Cheryl Dunn’s exceptional portrait captures his all-too-brief life of reckless excess and creativity.
new york city
suicide
self-destruction
heroin
cocaine
graffiti
collage
art gallery
polaroid
drunk
drug overdose
shoplifting
troubled teen
addict
spray paint
coke
heroin addiction
downtown
after hours
fearless
searching for love
photos
rich family
graffiti tags
spoiled rich kid
bad influence
intravenous
lower east side
punk
documentary
party
crazy
east village
self destructive attitude
art work
nyc
street scene
irak crew
reckless