00:00I very badly wanted to be a photographer.
00:03These contain a lot of Marty's pictures.
00:05Interesting. I was looking all over for that.
00:07I was willing to do whatever it took.
00:09She would get to the heart of something.
00:11It turned out it took a lot.
00:16Marty's photographs change visual culture all over the world.
00:20She's an icon.
00:21She's just out there all the time.
00:23Come on, smile.
00:27New York City was fascinating.
00:29I began to cover the graffiti scene.
00:31These photos influenced the whole world.
00:33She's with us from the beginning.
00:35It was a global phenomenon.
00:38Marty has her own unique perspective on things.
00:41It wasn't always easy for her to get the attention that she deserved.
00:45I was the first female photographer at the New York Post.
00:48My assignment was to look for cleavage.
00:54She likes travel, adventure, and a little bit of danger.
00:58Are they going to put me in jail for this?
01:00Of course they will.
01:01Move, move, move.
01:04Marty Cooper's camera captured the corners of life which are often forgotten about.
01:12Always my pictures are people rising above their environment.
01:16And that's what I like.
01:18People have come up to me and said,
01:20you changed my life.
01:21All I can say to them is, well, you changed my life.
01:25I'm not comfortable with the idea that I'm a legend or an icon.
01:29I'm never going to be a Google Doodle.
01:33Not a very high aspiration.
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