COLLECTION
TATTOO
9th year - Number 50 - ISSN 1742-3996
50 PORTRAITS P TRADITIONAL T BUTTERFLIES B LETTERING L CARTOONS C TIGERS T BIRDS B TIME T ROSES R MUSIC M MAORI M PIN UPS P HORROR H SAMURAI S MONKEYS M SNAKES S SHARKS S SKULLS S ANIMALS A TRIBAL T VESSELS V
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In the footsteps of Mr. Danzig Baldaev… This time the news comes directly from the capital of England. We discover that Fuel, a graphic design studio based in London has recently launched its own archive dedicated to Russian criminal tattoos. These tattoos, for the record, are divided into 739 original drawings by the expert hand of Danzig Baldaev and are accompanied by the photographs (of the various criminals) of Sergei Vasiliev. Fuel’s collection includes over 3000 tattoos that Baldaev himself made during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. With only the help of his trusted pencil, the guard acted as an ethnographer and managed to penetrate a different world – that of the symbology surrounding prison tattoos – where drawing after drawing reflects the
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rituals, traditions and crazes of a genuine society that was totally hidden from the outside world. With his 739 drawings (apparently worked on by night in a small appartment in St. Petersburg), Baldaev managed to achieve fully his aim which was to document this fascinating and extremely important period in time. The same could be said for Vasiliev’s photos, who by portraying the same prisoners added further authenticity to Danzig’s work. These images on film could be handed down for posterity, to reflect and preserve the habits of the Russian underworld. It is reading curious and significant news like this, that we at Tattoo Collection feel we can continue (with the necessary changes of course!) the lesson of the misunderstood, but extremely
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important, Mr. Baldaev… Even this issue, in fact, is a written testimony of the cult of the best tattoos on the world scene, providing essential continuity to the world of tattoo art that is constantly evolving. Let’s face it: we feel a bit like “ethnographers” too and via the various galleries of this new edition of Tattoo Collection (animals, butterflies, Maori, pin ups, roses, monkeys, snakes, sport, time, tigers, tribal, vessels, cartoon, horror, music, portraits, Samurai, lettering, mermaids, sharks, skulls, traditional, birds and zombies) we endeavour to bring you the best of culture, artistic talent (from the tattoo artist) and emotion (the tattooed person). In short, everything that is behind a great painting on skin. Happy browsing!
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CONTENTS
4 > ANIMALS
20 > PORTRAITS
36 > MONKEYS
6 > CARTOONS
22 > HORROR
38 > MERMAIDS
8 > TRIBAL
24 > TIGERS
40 > LETTERING
10 > ROSES
26 > SAMURAI
42 > SNAKES
12 > VESSEL
28 > BIRDS
44 > TRADITIONAL
14 > TIME
30 > SKULLS
46 > SHARKS
16 > SPORT
32 > PIN UPS
48 > BUTTERFLIES
18 > MUSIC
34 > ZOMBIES
50 > MAORI 3
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Matteo Pasqualin, Matteo’s Tattoo, Porto Viro, Italy
Marco Hengst, Skin-a-Matic, Nijmegen, Holland
Chuck Donoghue, Green Point Tattoo, NYC, USA
Vale Lovette, For Love Tattoo, Garbagnate, Italy
Mark Gibson, Monki Do, Belper, UK
Christian Jacobsen, Frontline Tattoo, Surfer Paradise, Australia
Ryan Hadley, Revolution Tattoo Gallery, Ft Wayne, USA
Tim Victim, Art Machine Productions, Philadelphia, USA
Alessio Manconi, The Alessio Family, Sorso, Italy
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Jason Corbett, Red Hot + Blue Tattoo, Edinburgh, UK
Ingo Reinshagen, Free Your Mind Tattoo, Cologne, Germany
Jess Swaffer, Third Eye Tattoo, Melbourne, Australia
Hillary Fisher, Green Point Tattoo, NYC, USA
Anabi-Tattoo, Anabi Tattoo, Szczecin, Poland
Ryan Hadley, Revolution Tattoo Gallery, Ft Wayne, USA
Nick Baldwin, Infinite Ink, Coventry, UK
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