Unless otherwise noted, photographs and original documentation created by Crushing Miami and its photographers are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, distributed, or used without permission.
This archive also contains photographs, artwork, and other material contributed by visitors, photographers, artists, and other sources. Copyright in those materials remains with their respective creators or copyright holders unless otherwise stated. The presence of an image on this website does not necessarily indicate that Crushing Miami owns the copyright to that image.
Where known, the photographer, creator, source, license, and/or original publication are credited with the material. Some historical material may have incomplete or unavailable provenance due to its age and the loss of records from earlier websites and publications.
If you are the copyright holder of material appearing on this website and believe it has been used without appropriate credit or authorization, please contact us. We will review the information provided and, where appropriate, update the credit, provide additional attribution, or remove the material.
This website is intended to preserve and document the history of Miami graffiti and its surrounding culture. Copyright ownership remains with the respective creators and rights holders.
Historical Recognition
This archive would not exist in its present form without the Miami graffiti websites that came before it.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, a number of independent graffiti and hip-hop websites documented writers, crews, artwork, photographs, and scenes that might otherwise have been lost to time. Many of these sites are no longer online, but their influence and the material they preserved remain an important part of Miami graffiti’s digital history.
Some of the earliest inspiration for my own photography and documentation came from these sites. Seeing people document their local scenes motivated me to do the same in Miami, and ultimately helped shape the idea behind this archive.
With respect and appreciation, Crushing Miami recognizes the following sites and their contributions to the early online Miami graffiti community: Beyond Extreme (The Belab), The Real Miami, The View from Below, FUKJBURKE, Vandalized, B-Boys (B-Boys.com), X2Project, Pure Graffiti and 12ozProphet.
These sites are listed here for historical recognition only. Unless otherwise stated, this archive is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or claiming ownership of any of these websites, their names, photographs, artwork, or other materials.
Their work helped establish a digital record of graffiti culture at a time when much of it was temporary, undocumented, and easily lost. This archive exists in part because they showed us why documenting it mattered.