Saturday, February 11, 2012

Ink


During a semester in my Bachelors of Fine Arts – Photography program, I took the opportunity to photograph portraits of people with tattoos.  I placed a sign in the Mitte building (the Art Building) of my university, Texas State, and the people came pouring in.

Tattoos in our society have become so ubiquitous that there are even conventions devoted to the art in every major city.  I find it interesting that tattoos have become so commonplace that they challenge the stereotypical and I like to challenge the stereotypical.