1000 Tattoos
Henk Schiffmacher
From 19th century engravings to tribal body art, from circus ladies of the 20s to classic biker designs, 1000 Tattoos, a co-production with The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, is a unique collection of designs and photos giving a fascinating insight into the art of tattooing. Book Description.
Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos
Samuel M. Steward, Phil Andros
Subtitled A Social History of the Tattoo With Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks, 1950-1965. Nearly 40 years ago, the author gave up his career as an English professor to become a tattoo artist. At the urging of his friend Dr. Alfred Kinsey, he kept a daily journal for many years about his experiences, from which this anecdotal analysis is derived. Book News
Bodies of Subversion 2 Ed
Margot Mifflin
This book showed me what it was like for women with tattoos through the ages. The book is extremely well written and researched and the photos are fabulous. If you are a woman who has tattoos or is thinking about getting one, I highly recommend this book. A reader review
Bushido : Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo
Takahiro Kitamura, Katie M. Kitamura
This gorgeous book delves into the elusive world of traditional Japanese tattooing. The Samurai spirit, Bushido, is an integral component of Japanese tattooing that is traced through the imagery and interpersonal dynamics of this veiled subculture. Book Description.
Color Full Pain: Tattoo Piercing
Walter Kehr (Photographer)
Practices normally associated with primitive cultures, body piercing combined with tattooing has taken on aspects of social protest and the "body-as-art". Warning: Kehr's Color Full Of Pain is not for the squeamish. Midwest Book Review
Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos
Kim Addonizio &Cheryl Dumesnil
Previously considered the domain of bikers and a rite of passage in the army, tattoos have crawled out of society's fringes and onto the ankles of starlets and the biceps of bankers. Book Description
Masters of Tattoo
Gregor Von Glinski, Markus Mader, Heide Heim
If you enjoy formally-styled, oversize art books, and you like tattoos, you may want to add this to the coffee table in your living room. Gregor von Glinski, the photographer, travelled the world, seeking modern day tattooists, catching some of the oldsters and plenty of the up-and-coming artists as well. A reader review
New York City Tattoo
Michael McCabe, Hubert, Jr. Selby
Although the book can come across as too specialized for the average reader, New York City Tattoo does unearth and preserve an alluringly gritty chunk of postwar, pre-hippie New York history. Entertainment Weekly~,
Pagan Fleshworks: The Alchemy of Body
Maureen Mercury
A groundbreaking work that sees the contemporary cultural trends of tattooing, piercing, implanting, and branding as a quest for a transformative psychic experience. Book Description.
Prison Tattoos
Amy Krakow
In Prison Tattoos, Douglas Hall Kent uses his camera as a sociologist's tool, photographing inmates from America's prisons whose tattoos, professionally done and homemade, indelibly imprint on their bodies what these men desire in their souls: autonomy and identity. Ingram, editorial review
Skin Shows III: The Art of Tattoo
Chris Wroblewski
This is a wonderful book for anyone who appreciates the art of tattoo. The subject matter is much more varied &interesting than that found in newsstand tattoo magazines. A reader review
Tattoo Nation: Portraits of Celebrity Body Art
Rolling Stone / David Ritz (Introduction)
Tattoos, rock and roll, and Rolling Stone-the ideal combination for the ultimate book on celebrities and their tattoos. Rolling Stone's TATTOO NATION exposes this dynamic art form in all its glory as embodied by the biggest pop icons of our time, from Drew Barrymore to Eminem, Melissa Etheridge to Ozzy Osbourne, Busta Rhymes to Mary J. Blige. A reader Review
Tattoo
Dale Durfee (Photographer)
From the basic to the outrageous and everything in between, if you are into piercings or tattoos this is a book for you. I took this book to my tattoo salon and it was a fight to get it back from the other clients, and my tattoo artist. A reader review
The Body Art Book
Jean-Chris Mille
This book is definately suited for the novice tattoo artist or piercer. Lots of good basic information on both if you are just getting started in either field. There is also a list of tattoo emporiums/salons/shops all over the world in the back of this book. A reader review
The Customized Body
Ted Polhemus,
Over 100 photographs by "Erotic Oscar" winner Housk Randall touch all the bases--body shaping and painting, tattooing, scarification, piercing, and masks--in graphic and dramatic style, while the text by social antropologist Ted Polhemus explores the origins and development of these phenomena. Ingram
The Japanese Tattoo
Sandi Fellman, D.M. Thomas (Introduction)
American photographer Sandi Fellman used a rare large size Polaroid camera to create these photos of Irezumi Japanese men and women who wear elaborate full-body tattoos. Fellman treats the tattoos as artworks and their creators as artists. Library Journal
The New Tattoo
Victoria Lautman, Vicki Berndt (Photographer)
This 1994 book provides an excellent overview of modern American tattooing. Berndt's photos are what make this book, and the collections are well grouped. Sections include tribal, painting/portraits, imagination/fantasy, neotraditional, and 'all the rest'. A reader review
The Total Tattoo Book
Amy Krakow
The most comprehensive book yet on this unique art form. Whether flaunted or hidden, sought as art or curiosity, the tatoo has left its mark on generations. From its beginnings as a pagan ornament to today's popular body art, this book takes an intriguing look at the world of tatoos. 150 photos. Ingram
The Total Tattoo Book
Amy Krakow
Children can create their own fashion statements with twenty colorful, temporary tattoos that become safe, nontoxic, wearable art that lasts for days and is easy to remove. Ingram
The Tribal Tattoo Pack
by Andy Sloss
The art of decorating the body with tattoos dates back as early as the Ice Age. Although the use of tattoos among indigenous peoples is waning, the practice lives on, as more and more people around the world discover body art. Book Description
Written on the Body
Amy Krakow
Essays from 14 estimable British and American historians provides an informative exploration and interpretation of the tattoo in Western Culture. Boston Herald
