About the artist:

Josh Franklin (born 1967), known as Stash, is an American graffiti artist and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, New York. Stash started painting illegally on New York City's subway trains in the early 1980s, alongside other artists such as Futura and ZEPHYR. He exhibited at age 17 with pop artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and later continued on as a successful gallery artist. In 1989 he appeared as a Graffiti artist in the short film Slaves of New York. By the 1990s, Stash began collaborating on product designs with high-profile brands such as Nike, Reebok, Casio and A Bathing Ape. He remains and active graphic designer. Stash is now firmly established as an innovator and influencer in the world of urban design, and his fascination with the urban environment is also evident in his perfectly executed photographic work, which features a combination of city motifs alongside the latest lighting and printing techniques.