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Tattoos of Indochina: Magic, Devotion, & Protection Buy This Book
Author: Michael McCabe
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Over 330 color images display the designs, sacred images, and scripts that are the tattoo art of Indochina. Traditional tattoo forms dating back over a thousand years are presented, expressing the combined animist-tribal beliefs and deep religious faith...


Tattoos from Paradise: Traditional Polynesian Patterns Buy This Book
Author: Mark Blackburn
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Traditional tattooing designs are depicted from the exotic Pacific Polynesian cultures of Easter Island, Hawaii, the Marquesas, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. The actual process and ceremonies involved in tattooing are described and illustrated...


Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo Buy This Book
Author: Takahiro Kitamura, & Katie M. Kitamura
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This gorgeous book delves into the elusive world of traditional Japanese tattooing. The Samurai spirit, Bushido, is an integral component of Japanese tattooing that is traced through the imagery and interpersonal dynamics of this veiled subculture. The...


Tattooing New York City: Style and Continuity in a Changing Art Form Buy This Book
Author: Michael McCabe
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This book is an exploration into the unique continuity that exists in New York City between the past and present of the intriguing art form of tattooing. Here the electric tattoo machine was developed, and has had a unique influence in modern tattooing...


Marked for Life: A Gallery of Tattoo Art Buy This Book
Author: Steve Bonge
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Take a look through the lens of acclaimed photographer Steve Bonge, who has traveled worldwide for years to capture the best of modern tattoo art. On the other side you'll meet an incredible assembly of personalities—men and women, young and old, who...


Tattoo Road Trip: The Pacific Northwest Buy This Book
Author: Bob Baxter
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Travel with Bob Baxter, editor of the tattoo magazine, Skin & Ink, on his two-week solo journey through the small towns and big cites of America's Pacific Northwest. From the Oregon-California line, northward through Washington State and over the border...


Pushing Ink: The Fine Art of Tattooing Buy This Book
Author: Spider Webb
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A classic reborn, here is a book that opened new territory in 1979, revealing the bodies of those who patronized underground artists. The bodies of these tattooed men and women stand in testament to an ancient art, long forbidden in the West. This is a...


Tattooed Women Buy This Book
Author: Spider Webb
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Here's a chance to ogle the women who paved the way, tattooing themselves and baring their chests when the "good girls" were wearing poodle skirts and heading off to sock hops. Imagine your grandma like this! These women lived counter-culture lives. This...


The Big Book of Tattoo Buy This Book
Author: Spider Webb
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Enter a visual smorgasbord of tattoo imagery. Hundreds of photographs, thousands of tattoos. This incredible assembly of historic tattoo images dates back to the invention of the camera and follows the art form's progression through the 1970s. Here is a...


Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils Buy This Book
Author: Kate Hellenbrand
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American tattoo master Sailor Jerry Collins of Hawaii is best known for his remarkable tattoo designs, blending the fluidity of Asian motifs into classic American tattoo imagery. Until now, most of Sailor Jerry's work has been controlled by a handful of...


The Great Book of Tattoo Buy This Book
Author: Spider Webb
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Enjoy this dynamic collection of tattoo imagery. Over 500 vintage photographs display hundreds of people decorated with thousands of tattoos. This historic tattoo art dates from the 1800s through the 1980s and includes images of love, military,...


Heavily Tattooed Men & Women Buy This Book
Author: Spider Webb
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This classic book will turn heads turn. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of the 20th century show proud carnival and circus performers, sailors, entertainers, and who knows, the girl next door? The Introduction is...


Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils II Buy This Book
Author: Kate Hellenbrand
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"Sailor Jerry" Collins of Honolulu, Hawaii, is arguably the greatest tattoo artist of the 21st Century. His best-known contributions are the now classic designs . . . fat round roses, plump pin-ups, and scathing military/political cartoons. Now, in a...


Tattoo Road Trip: Two Weeks in Samoa Buy This Book
Author: Bob Baxter, & Bernard Clark
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A witty yet informative text, with lots of travel tips and pictures, focuses on the art of the tattoo that the authors found in this Pacific Island paradise. Join the adventure as these two take to the road at the very birthplace of Polynesian tattooing,...


Russian Prison Tattoos Buy This Book
Author: Alix Lambert
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For centuries, Russian prison inmates forcibly initiated newcomers with tattoos. Gradually, prisoners developed a secret form of communication with their tattoos, allowing them to establish rank among the other inmates and maintain a clandestine...



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