Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts
Friday, October 23, 2026

Japanese 1880

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This hand tinted photo of two tattooed Japanese men dates from 1880.  
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Tattooed

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There are several tattoos on this guy, but the eagle  on his chest is the only one I can make out.  
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Friday, March 27, 2026

Unknown

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This heavily tattoed model is unknown . . .  and would you look at that bush?  
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Japan 1880

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When I found this 1880 hand tinted photo of tattooed Japanese men, I started looking  for the uncropped version.  Initially, I found the sli...
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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Tattoo man

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Our last entry is a tattooed man who looks like he knows what the viewer wants.  
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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Japanese Tattoo

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This tattooed Japanese man was photographed in 1875.  
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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Ronaldo

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This interesting work is called Ronaldo's Skeleton. I'd love to know how Ms. Niccolini found this guy.  
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Samoan Tattoos

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The man above is a Samoan who was photographed in 1900.  Below is a chart showing the traditioal Samoan tattooing patterns, front and back. ...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Tattoo Day

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The theme today is heavily tattooed men, and we start with a guy with myriad of images on his skin.  The photographer helpfully provided a m...
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Japanese I

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This is the first of two tattooed Japanese men in today's series. This one looks like mid-20th Century.  

Carnival Man I

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This fellow is a carnival side show performer whom we will see from the rear  (and without the shorts) later.  I wonder if he gave his audie...
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Crowd

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I wonder if our subject here knew any of the people depicted on his skin.  
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Headless Guy II

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The rear view of our headless model shows about a hundred more individual images. I'm too lazy to count them all, but I do admire the sh...
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Hmmmm . . .

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I can just hear the tattoo artist asking this guy, "What should we do with your butt cheeks?" "Oh, I dunno.  How about sad an...
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Japanese II

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This is supposed to be an original hand colored print from about 1890.  
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Headless Guy III

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Maybe he wasn't finished when this photo was made. I see some bare skin yet to be filled.  
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Carnival Man II

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This is the rear view of the carnival side show performer from earlier in today's set. I much prefer this version for obvious reasons.  
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Headless Guy IV

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The fourth iteration of our headless model at least has half a head, which I suppos is better than nont at all.  
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Crazy Guy

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Our last tattooed beauty is a crazy guy who looks like he's standing in a shower stall.  
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Thursday, April 4, 2024

Sandi Fellman

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Sandi Fellman took this photo of two men with Japanese tattoos in 1986.  
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