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.

From the book LA Portrait - 2013Photography by Estevan Oriol  In “LA Portraits,” the globally acclaimed street photograp...
24/11/2025

From the book LA Portrait - 2013
Photography by Estevan Oriol

In “LA Portraits,” the globally acclaimed street photographer, Estevan Oriol, delves into the pulsating gang culture that permeates the City of Angels. “LA Portraits” and its highly acclaimed predecessor, “LA Woman” also published by Drago, together encapsulate a genuine perspective on the diverse inhabitants of Los Angeles.
This collection boasts over one hundred iconic images meticulously selected from Oriol’s captivating and extensive archive, spanning more than two decades. Each photograph is captured on film, offering the viewer an exceptional and profound insightful expedition into the heart of LA’s urban gangland.

Faith XLVII, Ex Animo represents the most complete and exhaustive collection of artist Faith XLVII’s works, both from th...
21/11/2025

Faith XLVII, Ex Animo represents the most complete and exhaustive collection of artist Faith XLVII’s works, both from the streets and her studio. The book contains critical texts by Kristin Farr (Deputy Editor at Juxtapoz Magazine), Carlo Mc Cormick (famous critic and curator from New York) and Jaqueline Flint. Ex Animo is a monograph exploring the artist’s greatest projects from The Psychic Power of Animals, in which Faith represents in full scale the strength and power of alpha animals, to The Long Wait, a series of murals representing Johannesburg men waiting.

1) The Taming of the Beasts Shanghai, China 2012 Photo by Faith XLVII
2) A Study of Warwick Triangle at Rush Hour Durban, South Africa 2014
Photo by Kierran Allen
3) Dark Matter, New York, USA 2012 Collaborative photo by Rowan Pybus and Faith XLVII
4) Corda Nostra Una Palpitant Miami, USA 2016 Photo by Wiseknave
5) A Study of Warwick Triangle at Rush Hour Durban, South Africa 2014 Photo by Michelle Hankinson
6) A Study of Warwick Triangle at Rush Hour Durban, South Africa 2014 Photo by Michelle Hankinson
7) The Preciousness of the Hunt Los Angeles, USA 2014 Photo by Bird Man
8) Infinitud del Universo Malaga, Spain 2013 Photo by Karlos Aguilar
9) Astronomia Nova Sweden 2017 Hologram Installation collaboration with Lyall Sprong Photo by Cory Ring

📸   📖 Rebels from Punk to Dior 1) Salt-n-Pepa, New York City, 1987  2) Jam Master Jay with his son, New York City, 1988 ...
18/11/2025

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📖 Rebels from Punk to Dior

1) Salt-n-Pepa, New York City, 1987
2) Jam Master Jay with his son, New York City, 1988
3) Slick Rick, New York City, 1990
4) Andre 3000, Outkast, New York City, 2003
5) EPMD, Long Island, NY, 1989
6) LL Cool J, New York City, 1985
7) The Islington Twins, London, 1981

Welcome to Skinstreet, the first book published on the skinhead subculture since 1982. After the success of “Amplified Y...
11/11/2025

Welcome to Skinstreet, the first book published on the skinhead subculture since 1982. After the success of “Amplified Youth”, an stunning reportage on the indie scene and the new rock’n’roll fever, Angelo Sindaco continues to dig into the roughest faults of modernity in his latest book. A former skinhead himself, the author revisits his past with a camera and stunningly immortalises one of the most esoteric tribes of our time. The journey covers every facet of skinhead head shaving, boots, leather jackets and heavy tattoos; the dress-code of these fascinating urban warriors that, since the Sixties, have remained true to their roots in the white working class. This phenomenon ends under the lights of the on the catwalks and the fashion magazines. The members of the most fleeting and indomitable counter-culture do not surrender to the temptations of show business and continue to foster their unique identity. Through the piercing lens of Angelo Sindaco, it is possible to discover them in their extreme and authentic habitat. This is not a book about politics, it does not celebrate violence. Skinstreet uses vivid photography to document the fashion and iconoclast lifestyle of one of the world’s most notorious subcultures.

Over ten incredible years of urban photography has been compiled by Keffer and Drago into this sleek, definitive volume ...
04/11/2025

Over ten incredible years of urban photography has been compiled by Keffer and Drago into this sleek, definitive volume of Parisian nightlife from 2008-2016. Featuring artists such as Diplo, Daniel Avery, Brodinsky, Asap Rocky, Die Antwoord, Gesaffelstein, Travis Scott, Green Velvet and more.

📚The Night Day
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📚Young Sleek and Full of Hell - TenYears of New York’s Notorious Alleged Gallery ➡️ 2005 🖋️ Aaron Rose  1) DOWNTOWN MANH...
31/10/2025

📚Young Sleek and Full of Hell - TenYears of New York’s Notorious Alleged Gallery
➡️ 2005
🖋️ Aaron Rose

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

2) DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, 1996. PHOTO BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

3) MARK GONZALES, HOW MANY THOUGHTS PROMOTE THOUGHTLESSNESS, SPRAY ENAMEL ON MIRROR, 96Ó X 48Ó. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

4) BARRY McGEE INSTALLATION, ÒCOUP DÕETATÓ EXHIBITION, WASHINGTON STREET, 2000. PHOTO BY IVORY SERRA

5) NYT

6) SUSAN CIANCIOLO, RUN STORE EXHIBITION OPENING, WEST 14TH STREET, 2000. PHOTO BY IVORY SERRA

7) FLASH ART

8) INSTALLATION VIEWS, SONIC YOUTH: SONIC MATTERS/SONIC KOLLABORATIONS EXHIBITION, CHINATOWN, LA, 2002. PHOTOS BY ZEN SEKIZAWA


9) GOD BLESS AMERIKA, ARTWORKS BY KIM BENNETT, LIBBY McINNIS, CAMERON JAMIE AND KIM GORDON, 2000. + GALLERY FOYER INSTALLATION BY STEPHEN POWERS AND TODD JAMES, 2001. PHOTOS BY IVORY SERRA

10) MARGARET KILGALLEN, AARON ROSE AND BARRY MCGEE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1996. PHOTO BY MICHELE LOCKWOOD

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From the book Anthology by Letizia Battaglia 1) Workers demonstrating, Portella della Ginestra, 19772) He was killed by ...
29/10/2025

From the book Anthology by Letizia Battaglia


1) Workers demonstrating, Portella della Ginestra, 1977

2) He was killed by the Mafia here, Giuseppe Impastato, young journalist, communist militant, Cinisi, 1978Aristocratic garden reception with dead fox, Palermo, 1987

3) Aristocratic garden reception with dead fox, Palermo, 1987

4) A woman and her children are always in bed. There is no electricity or water in the house, Palermo, 1978

5) A man covers himself with a cloak not wanting to be photographed, Geraci Siculo, 1989

6) “The counting”. After the Procession of the Mysteries, men count the money of the offerings, Trapani, 1992

7) On the beach of Arenella, the party has ended, Palermo, 1986

From the book Crash Kid - a hip Hop legacy by Napal Naps & Ben Samba Matundu Crash Kid, A Hip Hop Legacy collects photog...
22/10/2025

From the book Crash Kid - a hip Hop legacy
by Napal Naps & Ben Samba Matundu

Crash Kid, A Hip Hop Legacy collects photographs and texts that document the birth of the Street Culture in Italy, from the early Hip Hop concerts of the 80s to the birth of the “Zulu Party”. These were real meeting points for the pioneers of the nascent movement. A collection of more than 400 speeches document the art of Crash Kid and the development of this subculture. From its birth as one of the fringe underground movements to earning its place in the mainstream culture of Italy today, this is a story told exclusively by the main players and protagonists of the period.
The book documents the life and art of Massimo “Crash Kid” Colonna. Crash Kid still represents a pivotal figure in the development of Italy’s Hip-Hop movement. The artist made his debut in Rome in 1983 as a Break Dancer who laid the foundations for what is the Hip-Hop culture in Italy today. Through a collection of previously unpublished images from the artist’s archive and with contributions from other leading figures of the Italian and International street scene, ‘Crash Kid – A Hip-Hop Legacy’ documents the life and career of the Crash Kid. With dedication and flair the book shows the influence the artist had on the entire Hip-Hop scene and thoroughly confirms him as the Hip-Hop legend he is for all.

From the book B.A.D. Beautiful And Determined By  &  1) Beatrice VS, Performance artist, Amsterdam 20102)  Fishball, art...
20/10/2025

From the book B.A.D. Beautiful And Determined
By &

1) Beatrice VS, Performance artist, Amsterdam 2010

2) Fishball, artist, Barcelona 2016

3) Riae, Model, Switzerland 2020 (remote shoot)

4) Gogo Blackwater, artist Milan

5) Elena Grimaldi, Giusy agile, Milan 2016

6) Janet Fischietto, Performer Artist, Northern Italy

7) Milloux, artist, Portugal 2014

8) Ellis Katherine, witch, chile 2016

📚The Street Is Watching - when the street knowledge meets photography Mario Spada, The Vela Gialla (Yellow Sail), one of...
13/10/2025

📚The Street Is Watching - when the street knowledge meets photography

Mario Spada, The Vela Gialla (Yellow Sail), one of the landmark buildings of drug trafficking in the northern outskirts of Naples, from the project Nero Scampia, Scampia, Naples, 2005

Boogie, Public Housing projects in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2004

Janette Beckman, Go Hard Boyz, Bronx, New York, 2011

Angela Boatwright, Municipal Waste/Napalm Death pit, Los Angeles, November 2012

Nat Finkelstein, The Khmer Rouge in Chinatown, New York, c. 1982

C. R. Stecyk, Jose Galan skating with “veteranos de Sotel” observing, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica border, 1975

C.R. Stecyk, Stacy Peralta, Santa Monica, California, 1974

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue.From the book Street Life by Brad Mirman          Street Life is Brad Mirm...
09/10/2025

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue.
From the book Street Life by Brad Mirman



Street Life is Brad Mirman’s first book that explores the Los Angeles universe from a unique and symbolic point of view. As a director and screenwriter Brad Mirman believes that every photo is a story, every image is a dive into a culture and a way of life. With more than 200 black and white shots, photographer Brad Mirman shows us a West Coast never seen before, powerful and genuine, timeless images that tell an emotion.

“My camera is my passport to different worlds and cultures. It allows me to go places I would never dare go without it. Street Photography helps me step outside my world, outside what is comfortable and allows me the see things and meet others who I would otherwise never meet.” – Brad Mirman

Rome: the center and the suburbs, lounges and highways, tattoo studios and recording rooms. This is the background of ph...
07/10/2025

Rome: the center and the suburbs, lounges and highways, tattoo studios and recording rooms. This is the background of photographer Paolo Cenciarelli who, between 1998 and 2015, told the story of an epochal change, the beginning of the Roman Underground in a new millennium made of music, concerts, tattoos and an ever-present counterculture underworld.

📚 Vangelo MMXVII
📸 Paolo Cenciarelli .cenciarelli

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