1. George Reiger

    September 15, 2009
    by Florence Tetier
    DIY, USA, experimental, hand made, heroes, this and that

    He is the only person in the world with over 1,900 Disney tattoos (as of October 2006). Talk about dedication…

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  2. Deadly Friends

    August 31, 2009
    by Ben Perdue
    USA, art, inspiration, latino/cholo, tattoo

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    These drawings by Patrick Lee really take me back to the Estevan Oriol gang photos from SB III/IV. Reminds me, anyone seen Sin Nombre yet? Worth a look?

  3. theft of light

    August 30, 2009
    by Maxime Buechi
    SB people, USA, design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, making SB, tattoo

    is the title of the new collection of NY-based creator Black Sheep & Prodigal Son. Their new look book is so beautiful I can’t help showing it to you!

    enjoy

  4. Pauline

    August 24, 2009
    by Florence Tetier
    SB people, USA, reality, tattoo

    Pauline’s lovely new tattoo by Scott Campbell (Saved Tattoo NYC)

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  5. Dash snow is dead

    July 14, 2009
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    USA, contemporary/modern art, heroes, inspiration, photography, reality

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    Dash Snow is dead
    comma
    Dash Snow is dead
    full stop
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  6. I had to

    June 26, 2009
    by Florence Tetier
    USA, heroes, inspiration, music, tattoo, this and that

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  7. “THIS IS MY BODY”: GENDER, TATTOOING AND RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES (archive 1994)

    June 17, 2009
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    USA, body modification, discussion, report, tattoo, this and that, writing/litterature

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    “This thesis is an experimental work combining anthropology and photography in the form of a written text and photographic essay. I first discuss the practices of anthropology and photography and their usage as they developed from the 1800s to the present to place my work in context. The body of the thesis examines the rise in interest in the practice of tattooing in the United States and its implications for women. Women’s bodies serve as a site of social control through gendered appearance and idealized beauty standards. Tattooing is visual communication, written on the body, which is linked historically to deviance and remains stigmatized in the West. Tattoos on women, especially the “new” tattooing of the past ten years or so, are a form of resistance to gendered appearance standards and social control.”

    Read the thesis by Melissa M. Forbis, Temple University, May 1994