The other day I went to visit Alistair Carr to interview him for chapter 2 of my documentary on Mr. Pearl. Alistair had so many great stories to tell about working for Mr. Pearl but while we were talking I could not help but notice all of his tattoos. Alistair works 24/7 for Balenciaga but on the few days off that he gets in a year, he takes the train back to Brighton and he gets another tattoo. He wants to cover his entire body, leaving space where a jacket would be open to let the soul out. He got his first tattoo at the age of 14 and managed to hide it from his mother for a good 4 months by wearing sweaters in the summer. Finally she told him he doesn’t have to hide it anymore because she knew it was there. His first tattoo was a bit of a mistake, now that he thinks about it, he just picked a design off the wall, did not watch while it was being made and afterwards was a bit shocked by the green outline , now he prefers to work with artists that make tattoos especially for him. He is quite random about his choices. Some tattoos have meaning , others don’t. When asked why he wants to be covered in tattoos he said that nothing in his life is permanent except for his tattoos. Diane

Tattoo artist turned iconic singer Frank Carter of The Gallows just got his skull tattooed by Ian Flower. Amazing! (Photography by Ian Flower)

a little miscellaneous…


Marianna by Rinzing

Patrick by Matt Lindsey

Asher of Miami by Mick, Dan Sinnes and others

Posk of “Buena Tinta”, Madrid, Spain

Dawood is certainly not the greatest photographer ever, but who cares?
For he is:
—A great friend.
—A father to two kids.
—A great tattooer who learned from Felix & Filip Leu
—An graffiti legend who once became my main motivation to start bombing, myself. (I’m talking about the late 80′s)

Last friday at La Ruche in Lausanne.
Thanx to Lars & Natasha for the precise organization, Ms Sunday Love for the good vibes and great music, the Tribehole Crew for the freaky show and, obviously, to the attendees for the nice outfits and kinky love!

Theo Mercier is a talented visual artist, but before anything, he is one of the most courteous person I know. And he has great tattoos.

Tareq Sayed Rajab de Montfort. So much to say but for now here’s a work in progress :