Tattoo Renaissance By Victoria Kortekaas

A Visual Journey Through The World of Body Modification

Tattoo Renaissance

Tattoos have been around since Neolithic times and have endured through the ages.

Tattoos at one time or another have been prevalent in society.

Tattoo studios are still stereotyped as hangout places for criminals, bikers, burley lads

and thugs but this is no longer the case, if it ever has been. The tattoo studios of today

are professional businesses with standards ethics and rules. They are places that are

visited by all sections of society.

There are many reasons why people get a tattoo and each have their own story to tell.

The story that is not so often told is the story of the place, process and tattoo artist that

created the tattoo.

This book is a visual journey through this world of body modification and a testament

to the people within it.

Introduction

Piss and Boots, Maritime Electric Tattoo,Leeds City Centre,

Mum and DadSkinz Tattoo Studio Bramley, Leeds

Weekend Offender, Red Tattoo Studio Leeds City Centre

Prepartion, Kenny Tea and Mick,Maritime Electric Tattoo,Leeds City Centre

Cover up, Lee Bailey, Skinz Tattoo Studio.Bramley, Leeds.

Beggining Sleeve, Louis Santo, Ultimate Tattoo, Leeds City Centre

Sufferance ,Dan and Simon,Red Tattoo Studio,Corn Exchange, Leeds

EnduranceNeedle QueenLeeds City Centre

Filling In, Kenny Tea and Mick Maritime Electric TattooLeeds City Centre

Blood and Ink,Kenny Tea and Mick,Maritime Electric Tattoo,Leeds City Centre

Slinging InkLee Bailey Skinz Tattoo Studio Bramley, Leeds

Line Work Red Tattoo Studio Leeds City Center

Working the Line, Lee Bailey,Skinz Tattoo Studio Bramley, Leeds.

Piercing, Emma, Proffesional piercer,Skinz Tattoo Parlour Bramley, Leeds

Thinking Time, Mick Maritime Electric Tattoo Leeds City Centre

Calling Time, Needle Queen, Leeds City Centre

Discarded Tattoo Gun and Needle Skinz Tattoo Studio Bramley, Leeds

Gloves and TissuesSkinz Tattoo Studio Bramley, Leeds

Red Tattoo Parlour, Corn Exchange Leeds - Kenny Tea, Maritime Electric Tattoo, Fish Street -Lee

and Emma Bailey, Skinz Tattoo Studio, Bramley - Needle Queen, Leeds City Centre -Louis Santo,

Ultimate Tattoo, Leeds City Centre - Mick and Joyce

Acknowledgments