Art and fashion combine in this book that marries the most natural canvas, the human body, with the most progressive art form, the tattoo. This book takes the reader from the freak show days of the fairground booth to the high-tech, high-art designs of today - where modesty is sacrificed for dazzling colour and breathtaking imagery.
Hi, I too am a tattooed woman and in fact in the book!!...the previous comment is rubbish - there are some fantastic out there tattoos in this book done at a time they were not just a fashion statement - but truly a taboo subject - I think the previous person is just jealous they are not in the book - I have the phoenix on my back - Julie - by Lal Hardy..cannot remember the page number done in England in 1984 - perhaps she is a trendy who only has tattoos since they became fashionable !!...instead of a true 1%....
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