Cailin was collared by immigration yesterday and is now on her way back to Canada. She was booked for a 2 day shoot for Sang Bleu III with Dean Moriarty and Jo Beaumont later this week so we have a bit a problem. But good luck to Cailin. Hopefully she can sneak back in time for Sang Bleu IV.

I told a lot of people I was working all day Friday and couldn’t be contacted and since I was holding my camera it was a half truth but in fact I was at the o2 festival in Hyde Park to see Morrissey and anyone else who happened to be playing on the same stage that day. This ankle belongs to fellow obsessive, Aaron.

From my travels with Leanne (see previous post), just one of the kind people I’ve met over the past few weeks. Sam collects amongst other things, flies on his arm. Leanne drew a new one and Mum tattooed it. More Leanne soon..

Me & Diane @ the Maison Martin Margiela SHow (see previous post)

Marcelo Burlon showing off his tats.

Group shot (see previous post)

Last thursday was the launch party of the first special edition of Sang Bleu. Publioshed in collaboration with the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The book launch was a nice succès. Everyone seemed to like the result (so do I!).

The rest of the week was dedicated to the planning of SB which is going to be pretty amazing, I think, and enjoying fashion week with Lotta Volkova aka Lotta Skeletrix and Alban Adam, guest editors of SBIII. Fashion week was pretty fun although a bit disappointing fashion-wise. I had the pleasure to (finally) meet lots of very interesting people such as Diane Pernet from A Shaded View On Fashion, Jason Farrer, Marcelo Burlon from Rodeo Magazine and his lovely friend Marchi Marchell, Samuel from Encens Magazine, the editors of Dong Magazine, SOLO from the oldschool french hardcore rap group ASSASSIN, the djs of Dirty Laurent Fétis the famous french graphic designer, even bumped into Pharell WIlliams and Kanye West at the Vuitton show and so on and so on… Images to come later this week as I sort my digitaly pix and process the rolls…

Here are a few images of tattooed people I met on this occasion. (Tattoos by Tribal Act, Boucherie Moderne, home-made, etc.)

a quickie…

two little birds tattooed by Wido de Marval on Marietta’s ankle.

(photographed on her exam day!…)

Recently someone told me they thought everyone on this blog looked pretty miserable. I’m hoping this will make up for it. Top is Natalia. Below they remained anonymous. I think he’s only smiling because I agreed to buy him a beer in exchange for his photograph.

Cailin Hill (Premier London)

Everybody needs a muse or two.

I’m going to make sure that Cailin’s first and second tattoos make it to the pages of Sang Bleu III.

José at Cerveceria Casco Viejo and his 36 year old Supertramp Indelibly Stamped inspired artwork.

Those eyes don’t lie, José’s the Man.

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another beautiful collection
especially the unusual engraving-inspired pieces by Wido de Marval
(especially—sorry for the redundancy—the amazing God-chestpiece!)

Angel and her leg piece in Terminal B Gatwick Airport.

by Jason Nocito

Simon will be here (and more of Heidi) once the film is processed.