Roger Gastman (born 1977) is an American curator, author, filmmaker and publisher. He is a graffiti and street art expert, brand consultant, and cultural entrepreneur. He was born in Canton, Ohio and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, where he launched While You Were Sleeping Magazine in 1997 at the age of 19. In 2001, Gastman published Free Agents: A History of Washington, DC Graffiti on Soft Skull Press. It was the first of his 60 books to date on the subject, including The History of American Graffiti (HarperCollins Publishers LLC), which PBS states "comprehensively documents the evolution of this often controversial art movement across the United States."
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