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City ’til I Die

Adrian Wilson — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:01:13 +0000

Some recent work by photographer and Bradford City supporter Neil Bedford.

‘These were shot during 2009. The project was for the MA I was studying at the London College of Fashion and started with a portrait of my Uncle, who has the City Gent tattooed on his left arm. I found most sitters during the summer months at Valley Parade when their tattoos were visible. Others came from football forums and friends of friends‘.

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Probably the most iconic image associated with Bradford City is the City Gent character introduced in 1966 at a time when English football clubs attempted to emulate the example of World Cup Willie and launched their own characters to present a more modern face to the sport. In the case of Bradford City, the City Gent was a cartoon of then chairman Stafford Heginbotham.
For the generation of supporters who followed the club between 1966 and 1974 the City Gent character had a great appeal and was THE choice of tattoo on the Valley Parade terraces for much of the seventies. There was a story that a certain tattooist on Manchester Road ‘did the best City Gent’ and certainly, as I recall from a fair number of dubious versions, not all tattooists could do justice to the original.
Since then it would appear that the club crest has assumed a comparable level of popularity, if not become the prime choice. Having never had a tattoo I won’t pretend to be an expert but my own choice would have been a City Gent on the forearm. In my view this would have been eminently preferable to resorting simply to B-C-F-C (although I recall a fair number of such examples on knuckles!).

John Dewhirst
Co-founder of The City Gent in 1984, former editor and author of club histories.

http://www.neilbedford.com

http://www.fourteenfiftynine.co.uk

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Jean Biche

Florence Tetier — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:38:53 +0000

My friend and talented belgian illustrator Jean Biche recently met a fan who got one of his drawings tattooed on her arm which, to me, is the best homage ever, given the fact that it wasn’t meant for this use in the first place. Here it is, along with a few illustrations by Jean Biche.

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happy orgy

Maxime Buechi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:59:49 +0000

Dear Readers. for your delight, here is a spontaneously-submitted collection of collages Christa. To me, they look like snapshots of orgies on acid! They make me smile. Thank you Christa!

Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo is a Berlin based Korean-Italian American artist from NYC. She was born in 1983, Busan, South Korea and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland. She eventually transferred to The Academy of Fine Arts, in Cracow Poland and graduated in 2006. Christa has since worked with the Berlin art collective, Artists Anonymous and is currently working on a new series of works for a forthcoming show in 2010.

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hard times

Maxime Buechi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:56:30 +0000

Great minds think alike. I found Philippe of the parisian Skin Head band “Hard Times” on Lukas Zpira’s photo page! SB 5 will feature a series of pictures of the band by Julien Lachaussée, and an interview by myself…

Anouck Bertin. NewYorkCity Girl.

Florine Bonaventure — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:30:45 +0000

Anouck Bertin said:
“I wish I was still a Teenager to be a hot cheerleader and kiss Pretty Skater Boys after school…”
Anouck Bertin portfolio

Bruno Dayan

Florine Bonaventure — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:54:12 +0000

Bruno Dayan

vivien ayroles

Maxime Buechi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:04:08 +0000

random poetry
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tattooed people by Maxime Ballesteros

Maxime Buechi — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:51:45 +0000

here is a selection my friend Maxime sent me.
Apparently, we share more than a name…
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girls that fuckin rule No2—Valerie Vargas

Maxime Buechi — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:02:22 +0000

OK, Here I go again. Arnd Seibert was recently asking me about female tattoo artist, and I had to answer that the profession was still (unfortunately) generally male-dominated. What I forgot to mention to him though is that there fortunately are girls coming up with such a potential that this situation might very well change in the not-so-remote-future. You’ve already discovered Rachi, here is the young Valerie of Frith Street tattoo (see interview in the last issue of SB).Also see her web page.

tattooing by Valerie Vargas

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bad brains

Maxime Buechi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:34:36 +0000

Usually, I don’t blog portfolios as such. But when I discovered Rachi Brains’ work in Tattoo Artist Magazine, and then had a look at her myspace page, I was really blown away. Especially because I had never heard of her before! (Perhaps due to her location: Brisbane, Australia) But something tells me that we’re gonna hear a lot more about her in the future!
ENjoy

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bestiary

Maxime Buechi — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:23:56 +0000

Sandrine P regularly sends newsletters proposing her services. Usually, these types of mails end up in the trash box or spams before their content could reach any of my braincells. But this time, it was something else. I gave in and replied.

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anschaire

Maxime Buechi — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:32:21 +0000

…who was presented in SB III/IV will be exhibited at “Slick Dessin 09″ art fair. Definitely worth checking!

his websites:
personnal
and
his blog

Jeffrey Kilmer—Francis

Maxime Buechi — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:21:46 +0000

An interview and a massive collection of images are on their way… hehe.

jeffrey kilmer—1

Maxime Buechi — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:46:44 +0000

I have never actually met Jeffrey Kilmer. Still he is important to me and Sang Bleu as he was among the very first people to ever give me a chance with the project. I published a series of his pictures of young tattooed american boys and since then have been regularly receiving updates of this ever-growing series. Thank you Jeffrey.

Here are some of them.

Deep Skin by ELOISE de HAUTECLOCQUE

Maxime Buechi — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:44:06 +0000

Eloise has been taking tattoo portraits since 2000. Her growing collection of portraits shows an amazing diversity, while being consistent by the quality of the photography and the beauty of the pieces she decides to show. The “tour de force” being to show tattoos not only as designs, but as a “wearable art”, without giving in to the temptation of relativism. Here is a selection of images out of “deep skin”. More can be found on ELOISE de HAUTECLOCQUE’s website.