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ROGUES, SAILORS & ANCIENT MARINERS A HISTORICAL VIEW OF NAUTICAL TATTOOS
* * In the early 19th century, as more and more sailors returned from distant lands, tattooing had become highly popular in the British Navy. It spread even to the British admiralty, which has for a...
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The Curious Case of Captain Mike.
Look, let’s just be honest here. We all know who the real star of Benjamin Button was– Captain Mike. Jared Harris is the reason that I will remember this film at all. He totally stole the movie...
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THE LEGEND OF SAILOR JERRY | TATTOO MASTER NORMAN COLLINS
- If you don’t know who Sailor Jerry is– you don’t know tattoos. Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins (1911-1973) is considered the foremost American tattoo artist of his time, and defined the craft in two...
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THE FOREFATHERS OF TATTOOING |“CAP” COLEMAN & PAUL ROGERS
A A The Legendary August "Cap" Coleman's Tattoo parlor in Norfolk, Virginia --1936. photo by William T. Radcliffe © The Mariners' Museum/Corbis A Before Ed Hardy and even Sailor Jerry, there were a...
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BTC BRISTOL TATTOO CLUB | THE SKUSE FAMILY — GENERATIONS OF KILLER INK
* Dueling tattoo legends & bosom buddies– Al Schiefley (left) & Les Skuse (right) * Yep. On a tattoo kick again. Check out these sick pics and you’ll know why. This ain’t no Miami Ink — this...
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NORMAN ROCKWELL AMERICANA | THE TATTOOOIST, CIRCA 1944
* The Tattooist, ca, 1944 — Norman Rockwell. * Simply no one captures the idealism and essence of vintage Americana like Norman Rockwell. You can generously apply all the cliche descriptors...
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LA GANG LIFE | DICKIES, THUGS & GUNS THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ROBERT YAGER
* When I was 11 or 12 years old, I learned all about the cholo firsthand. I had been born and raised in NY, when in grade school we suddenly uprooted and headed out West for a new start. After a...
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DON’T DO THE CRIME– IF YOU CAN’T DO THE TIME | A THUG’S LIFE ARCHIVE
* * “Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a...
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ANCIENT ART OF THE JAPANESE TEBORI TATTOO MASTERS | INK IN HARMONY
* Taking off from JFK today for a two week trip that will take me on a quick stop at Tokyo, then on to Korea, China, and finally Hong Kong. The zen and artistry of Japanese tattoo has long fascinated...
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HOW TO MOTIVATE THE MALE MORALE | THE PERSUASIVE POWER OF THE PINUP
* * Betty Grable, in what may be the most iconic pinup image of all time. –Hulton Archive/Getty Images * Though its origins can be traced further back, it was WWII that really put pinups on the map....
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AUSSIE RULES | THE NEXT GENERATION OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Listen, I don’t know what’s going on down there, I really don’t. I mean, it’s not like it’s something new—clearly not. After all, Australia is the land that bore and bred Rennie Ellis; country and...
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SCOTT POMMIER x STACIE B. LONDON x TSY = INK | MATYLDA’S TATTOO TALES
- - - You gotta love social media– not always, but this particular time, HELLS YES. So, I see on Stacie’s triplenickel555 Instagram account that there’s a pic re-gram’d of some sort of bike tattoo. I...
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THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PULSATING PAULA | A VISUAL RECORD OF NEW JERSEY BIKES & INK
Pulsating Paula tapped TSY with her eye-popping photographic archive of the New Jersey bike and tattoo crowd she shot back in the ’80s & ’90s. These images speak of authenticity, grit, and good...
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