Tattoo BookThe Japanese Tattoo
by Sandi Fellman (Photographer), D. M. Thomas (Introduction)
American photographer Sandi Fellman used a rare large size Polaroid camera to create these photos of Irezumi Japanese men and women who wear elaborate full-body tattoos. Fellman treats the tattoos as artworks and their creators as artists.
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Her text touches on the tattooing process, common motifs, the sociology of the tattoo, and relationships between the tattoo masters and their clients. Author D.M. Thomas has contributed two pages of his reactions to these unusual and even disturbing images.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Japanese Tattoo
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