‘It was done by Ariel who works at Monsters Ink in Stony Point New York. I got the the tatt in memory of my younger brother Joey who passed away when he was 2 from drowning. I got it so his memory will always be with me everywhere I go in memory and on my skin. I loved him dearly. The rose is a symbol of his life. Roses are the most beautiful flower but have short lives. With this tatt I can pass along his memory to everyone‘

Kelley is with M&P London

More portraitsof France de Griessen.
And read Ben’s blurb here!

This weekend, SB contributor Estevan Oriol was in Rome in order to launch his new book, L-A WOMAN, published by Drago.

Below, during our visit of in the Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio, which is a Roman Catholic titular church dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order.

photography by Jean L’Olivier

For the upcoming double-300-page-volume upcoming fifth issue of sang bleu, Alex Binnie—whom I consider a kind of spiritual guide—wrote me a stunning essay on the power of tattooing. “Raw Power” it is entitled. To illustrate it our Adrian Wilson shot a series of people tattooed by Into You’s Thomas Thomas. :)

Upper right leg by Taz, lower right by Xed. Left leg by Mara’s own hand.

Mara’s top half is in Sang Bleu 5.

strolling the streets i noticed how much people like sleeping in the street/subway.

” As a child, I wanted to either be pope, but a military pope, or an actor. The pleasure I derived from these two hallucinations.”

Pictures © Amy King & Maxime Ballesteros