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Russian prison tattoos are a dark world unto themselves, which is really only understood by the people within it. From an outsider’s perspective, the...
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As someone who came of age to be tattooed in the late 1990s, I was eligible for — and even susceptible to — the...
I can’t remember a time in my life when I was not fascinated or inspired by Japanese culture, especially youth culture. I have also...
One of the most influential traditional tattoo styles is Irezumi—the full-body tattoos we’ve come to associate with members of Yakuza, the world’s oldest gang,...
SERGEI VASILIEV (1936-2021) started his photography career when he worked for the police in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, as a part of the Criminal Investigation Unit...
Russian prison tattoos are a dark world unto themselves, which is really only understood by the people within it. From an outsider’s perspective, the...
I’ve told my kids that if they grow up and get tattoos like me and their dad, they need to find an artist who...