Ray Mock

Ray Mock is a writer and photographer with an obsessive interest in New York’s underground art and music scenes as well as the city’s cultural and architectural history. He is the author of "Banksy in New York" and "Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven" (with photographer Colin Miller). He has written extensively on graffiti and street art and his photos have been featured in numerous other books. He has also published dozens of limited edition zines and artist collaborations documenting graffiti culture around the world, which are available via his own imprint at carnagenyc.com. Ray has an MBA from New York University and a BA in Social and Historical Studies from Eugene Lang College in New York City. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his family.