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American photographer and videographer

Henry Chalfant (born January 2, 1940) is an American photographer and videographer most notable for his work on graffiti, breakdance, and hip hop culture. One of Chalfant's prints is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

On June 29, 2012, Chalfant released Henry Chalfant's Big Subway Archive as a 200 page book. Produced by Chalfant and Max Hergenrother, it is the first volume of a multi volume archive comprising his entire collection of subway graffiti photographs. The archive series was renamed Henry Chalfant's Graffiti Archive: New York City's Subway Art and Artists in 2013. The e books are published by Sleeping Dog Films, which primarily archives the photographer's over 800 photos of New York City Subway graffiti. Each book in the series concentrates on a particular group or groups of graffiti artists, with an introduction by Chalfant giving background on the time and place in which the artists worked. These passages also contain non subway car photos of the artists or their neighborhoods as well as video interviews with the featured artists. The pictures of the subway cars are actually multiple photos overlapped to show the entire length of the subway car at a direct ninety degree angle. The first three volumes of the series have been released. Volume 1, CYA and TVS published June 29, 2012; CYA stands for "Crazy Young Artists" and TVS stands for "The Vamp Squad." Volume 2, Rolling Thunder Writers and Soul Artists, published December 7, 2012. Volume 3, TC5 featuring Blade, published July 1, 2013; "TC5" stands for "The Crazy Five" or "The Cool Five." The series has received generally positive critical support and has generated mild controversy for some interview material, such as graffiti artist Lady Pink's assertion that "The graffiti movement has become a greater thing than the Renaissance." The series also sheds new light on some historical graffiti feuds such as Seen TC5 versus Seen UA.

He married actress Kathleen Chalfant (née Bishop) in 1966. They have two children: David Chalfant, a record producer and bass player for the folk rock band The Nields; and Andromache Chalfant, a set designer. The Chalfants live in Brooklyn Heights.