DRAGO

DRAGO Drago is an international publisher of street art and culture based in Rome. www.dragopublisher.com

Drago is a publishing house, a think tank, a cultural communication and art consulting company and, above all else, a generator of cultural occasions and energies. All Drago events are conceived as cultural, economic and political platforms. Over the years, Drago has published the works of countless internationally celebrated artists and photographers including JR’s The Wrinkles of the City, Est

evan Oriol’s LA Woman, Ed Templeton’s The Golden Age of Neglect, Boogie’s Ah Wah do Dem, WK Interact’s Act 4, Shephard Fairey , Ricky Adam’s Destroying Everything and Letizia Battaglia’s Anthology and Just For Passion, a book that catalogues her new exhibition at the Maxxi Museum that runs until April 2017. Among these iconic books are anthologies that bring together the best of street art and photography. These include From Style Writing to Art, A Street Art Anthology; Scala Mercalli, The Creative Earthquake of Italian Street Art and Drago’s vast upcoming project, The Street is Watching, Where Street Knowledge Meets Photography.

All You Can Eat ❣️Pepemaniak “gripped by anxiety I have to produce quickly”  Texts by Giordano Boetti Raganelli  Giovann...
05/02/2025

All You Can Eat ❣️Pepemaniak
“gripped by anxiety I have to produce quickly”
Texts by Giordano Boetti Raganelli Giovanni Argan
Foreword by Paulo von Vacano

For ten years, New York’s Alleged Gallery provided a breeding ground and played the role of willing accomplice to some o...
03/02/2025

For ten years, New York’s Alleged Gallery provided a breeding ground and played the role of willing accomplice to some of the most vibrant American art to come along in decades. By exhibiting the then emerging talents of Mark Gonzales, Chris Johanson, Rita Ackermann, Susan Cianciolo, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Harmony Korine, Mike Mills, Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell and Terry Richardson, much of Alleged’s impact was due to a complete and utter disregard for the status quo. From the book Young Sleek and Full of Hell by Aaron Rose

1) THOMAS CAMPBELL, CHAD MUSKA, LAS VEGAS, 1994. SILVER GELATIN PRINT. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

2) DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN (FRACTURED), 1996. PHOTO BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

3) DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, 1996. PHOTO BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

4) EXHIBITION INVITATION CARD FOR LA VIE LACTEE, 1998

5) MIKE MILLS, SAME FACE/DIFFERENT HAIR,1998, IRIS PRINT, 14X11 COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

6) COVER ART FOR ADULTHOOD #1 ZINE BY MARK GONZALES AND HARMONY KORINE, 1995. COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS

7) MARK BORTHWICK TEXT PANEL, ÒALL EVENTS EVENÓ EXHIBITION, CHINATOWN, LA, 2002. PHOTO BY AARON ROSE

8) MARK GONZALES WALL MURAL AT THREADWAXING SPACE 1995

8) ENTRANCE WALL TO CHRIS JOHANSON SWP EXHIBITION, PRINCE STREET, 1998. PHOTO BY IVORY SERRA

TO MASSIMO “CRASH KID” COLONNA WHO HEADSPINNED ON THE WORLD.“MASSIMO WAS A COLUMN. RESOLUTE AND SMILING. A POINT OF REFE...
31/01/2025

TO MASSIMO “CRASH KID” COLONNA WHO HEADSPINNED ON THE WORLD.

“MASSIMO WAS A COLUMN. RESOLUTE AND SMILING. A POINT OF REFERENCE. THE CALMNESS IN HIS GESTURES, AND THE BOOST IN DANCING INSTILLED GRIT AND JOY. ALWAYS KIND AND HELPFUL, ALWAYS READY TO LEND A SOLID AND FIRM HAND. BE IT TO DANCE OR CLEAR A TABLE FULL OF YOUNG B-BOYS. WITH KID WE LAUGHED, TRAVELED, UNDERSTOOD, WON, AND LOST. I OFTEN THINK ABOUT HIM AND I MISS HIM ALL THE TIME.”

From the book CRASH KID A HIP HOP LEGEND ❤️

Per Pura Passione ❤️ Just for Passion 📸  1) Election of Miss Teenager, Palermo, 1981 2) Ilona Staller, a.k.a. Cicciolina...
28/01/2025

Per Pura Passione ❤️ Just for Passion
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1) Election of Miss Teenager, Palermo, 1981

2) Ilona Staller, a.k.a. Cicciolina, in her home in Rome, 1994

3) Front pages of L’Ora Homicide of Totò Garofalo in Piazza del Carmine, Palermo, 1978

4) Funeral of a child who died of hypothermia, Palermo, 1977

5) Palazzina Liberty, Milan, 1974

6) Funeral of Michele Reina, Christian Democrat Secretary of Province. He was killed by the Mafia, Palermo, 1979

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. 1) keep rolling2) Shelter ...
24/01/2025

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

1) keep rolling
2) Shelter Serra flying over Jake Gaynor, Derby Park, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994
3) Bam Margera, Westchester, PA, 1999
4) skate toss, San Francisco, 1992
5) Harold Hunter, 7th Ave, NYC, 2005
6) Zoo York Owners, 13th St., NYC, 2001
7) Ryan Scheckler, Liberty State Park, NJ, 2004
8) ODB, Riverside Park, NYC, 1998
9) Brendan Fowler and Aaron Rose, Washington St., NYC, 1999

From the book The Serra Effect
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 ⭐️REBELS - From Punk To Dior 🌹
23/01/2025

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REBELS - From Punk To Dior 🌹

Now if it’s time to recompense for what’s doneCome, come sit down on the fence in the sunAnd the clouds will roll byAnd ...
21/01/2025

Now if it’s time to recompense for what’s done
Come, come sit down on the fence in the sun
And the clouds will roll by
And we’ll never deny
It’s really too hard for the fly.
templeton
The Golden Age of Neglect

The Night Day 📚  📸A story from the other side 🌒
17/01/2025

The Night Day 📚
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A story from the other side 🌒

🐟 Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.📚  1) Stephen Shames, 15-yea...
15/01/2025

🐟 Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

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1) Stephen Shames, 15-year-old teenager who hustles at Times Square emerges from the subway with his gun tucked in his pants. He uses the gun to rob people, from the series Forty Deuce, Times Square, New York, 1980. © Stephen Shames/Polaris

2) Tobin Yelland, Andy Roy, Sacramento , 1995

3) Jeff Widener, A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing’s Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. © ANSA/Associated Press Photo/Jeff Widener

4) Gusmano Cesaretti, Chaz Bojorquez running in a back street near Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles, 1974

5) Gusmano Cesaretti, Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles, 1976

6) Mike Brodie, #5126, from the series A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, 2006-2009. © Mike Brodie, Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

The Yelawolf 51/50 Tour photography coffee table book, gives fans 148 pages of an all-access visual road trip through th...
13/01/2025

The Yelawolf 51/50 Tour photography coffee table book, gives fans 148 pages of an all-access visual road trip through the lens of Edward Crowe. A rare behind-the-scenes look into Yelawolf’s life on the road, a unique glimpse into both high energy live performances across the US, and capturing the more candid off-stage moments of tour life.

📚 Yelawolf 51/50


Now everyone is cooking in front of a camera. But we already did it in 2014 with Angelo Sindaco  📸“Now there is a cookbo...
10/01/2025

Now everyone is cooking in front of a camera. But we already did it in 2014 with Angelo Sindaco 📸

“Now there is a cookbook that rises above the junk—and it’s specifically designed for a subculture of hirsute, hyper-masculine homosexuals. That’s right: Bears just got their very own cookbook”. - Matt Zuras – Vice Munchies

Created by Angelo Sindaco, the cookbook contains a number of sexy images of bears creating unique Italian meals. - The Huffington Post | By James Nichols

Ludici e robusti, «orsi» ai fornelli. Taglio fringe, liminare. A metà tra la «divulgazione scientifica» e la raccolta di ricette dal sapore, a dir poco, anticonvenzionale. - Maria Egizia Fiaschetti – Il Corriere della Sera

🐻 Cooking with the Bears - Healty Recipes by Hairy Men

It was 2011 : “On the occasion of the publication of Stencil Poster, the seventeenth chapter of the 36 Chambers series, ...
08/01/2025

It was 2011 : “On the occasion of the publication of Stencil Poster, the seventeenth chapter of the 36 Chambers series, Friday 17 December at 5 pm, CO2 and DRAGO present the 83 original unique plates, created by Sten&Lex for the book, in the exhibition entitled “17th”. The exhibition intends to revolutionize the concept of exhibition both in duration, limited to seven days, and in the offer, giving the possibility of purchasing a unique original work, published in an internationally distributed book, at a promotional price of ######XX, to allow fans of Sten&Lex and their innovative technique, to own a non-serial work of art by physically taking it off the wall and taking it home on the same day of the opening. On 23 December the works left hanging on the nail will regain their original price. The entire initiative, in addition to promoting and encouraging the purchase of young art, also aims to bring guests closer to art in the strict sense: observing it, selecting it and owning it from the very day of viewing.

#2011

Didn’t know what time it was, the lights were low oh oh I leaned back on my radio oh oh Some cat was layin’ down some ro...
06/01/2025

Didn’t know what time it was, the lights were low oh oh
I leaned back on my radio oh oh
Some cat was layin’ down some rock ‘n’ roll
“Lotta soul, “ he said

1 | MC Giaime, MC Rude, Stand, Tekne, Cool Art, Crash Kid, Clown (Roma)
2 | Crash Kid
3 | Urban Force (Roma)
4 | Galleria Colonna (Roma)
5 | Crash Kid and a Friend
6 | Max Durante, Jam-Master Jay, Crash Kid, Quick E, Bab & Friends

From the book Crash Kid - A Hip Hop Legacy

🫀🧠👁️ Diving into 2025 like… 🫀🧠👁️ pick YOURS 1) Magdalena Wosinka Warm Summer Nights in Nevada  2) Jim Goldberg, Slayer, ...
02/01/2025

🫀🧠👁️ Diving into 2025 like… 🫀🧠👁️ pick YOURS

1) Magdalena Wosinka Warm Summer Nights in Nevada

2) Jim Goldberg, Slayer, Errol Flynn Squat, Hollywood, hilltop gesture of anger and disgust, Hollywood, 1988

3) Jamel Shabazz, The Take Over, Little Italy, New York, 2011

4) Martha Cooper, From 1977-1980, I worked as a staff photographer for the NY Post. While driving back to the paper everyday in Lower Manhattan, I passed through a Lower Eastside neighborhood called Alphabet City: Avenues A,B,C and D. I began a personal project documenting the activities of kids who were playing creatively without parental supervision using whatever raw materials they could find. These photos are from that series and would be difficult to duplicate today. The neighborhood, now called the East Village, has metamorphosed into a destination for hip and trendy young New Yorkers. All photographs from Street Play”

5) Robert Yager, Clever, of the Pl***oys Gang, gives Gata a Pl***oy rabbit tattoo on her thigh. Gata’s niece looks on, Los Angeles, 2001

6) Larry Clark, Untitled, 1968. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York

7) Mary Ellen Mark, ‘Rat’ and Mike with a Gun, Seattle, Washington, 1983

8) Henry Chalfant, Boys chase abandoned car past Stalingrad graffiti wall, Paris, 1985

From anthology

A Wah Do Dem is patois for “What’s wrong with them?”Boogie’s collection of street photography has fascinated critics fro...
30/12/2024

A Wah Do Dem is patois for “What’s wrong with them?”

Boogie’s collection of street photography has fascinated critics from all over the world. A Wah Do Dem takes the viewer into the noisy and cryptic underbelly of Kingston, Jamaica. With one of the highest homicide rates in the world, the city is frequently deemed too dangerous to be seen by outsiders. Yet, the Belgradian photographer thrives in this environment and his photos show this by capturing never before seen insights into Jamaican society.

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🥂 cheers 📸  ❤️ This Is Los Angeles
26/12/2024

🥂 cheers
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❤️ This Is Los Angeles

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Street Life
20/12/2024

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.

Street Life

From the book Street Life by
20/12/2024

From the book Street Life by

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