Permanence: Tattoo Portraits by Kip Fulbeck
by Kip Fulbeck, Horitaka and Takahiro Kitamura
Chronicle Books | March 2008 | ISBN-10: 0811861317 | PDF | 276 pages | 31.5 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Permanence-Tattoo-Portraits-Kip-Fulbeck/dp/0811861317
Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark their bodies. Permanence combines photographic tattoo portraits with these stories, told in the subjects' own words and handwriting. Kip Fulbeck brings together young and old of all races, religions, and political persuasionsfrom celebrities to suburban moms to Hells Angels. Including interviews with celebrity tattooers Kat Von D and Oliver Peck (Miami Ink), hardcore legend Evan Seinfeld, and some regular folks, Permanence is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of the tattooed population today.
About the Authors
Extensively tattooed artist, filmmaker, and professor Kip Fulbeck is the author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa.
One of the most well known contemporary American tattooers, Horitaka speaks and tattoos across the country.
