New Feature! Book Review: Tattooed Women by Spider Webb
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Tattooed Women by Spider Webb
Today women with tattoos aren’t all that out of the ordinary. Women are getting ink at nearly the same rate as men these days. That wasn’t always the case, and that makes this book a neat find. Originally published in 1982, this book features photographs of very heavily tattooed women. Many of the photos are surprising in their beauty, and few of the featured tattoos are subtle. These are women who in their day truly dedicated their bodies to ink. While the photographs are printed on quality glossy paper, the entire book is in black and white, so you will have to use your imagination to envision the ink in its full beauty.
While the book is a truly excellent source of photos, it has little else to offer beyond eye candy and perhaps artistic inspiration. It would have been interesting in at least some cases to learn the lives of the women beneath the ink: Who were they? When and where did they live? What prompted them to get their tattoos, and how did the world around them react to their body art? However, about the only text in the book are some rather trite Oscar Wilde quotes about women.
The original printing of this book is long gone, but Schiffer Publishing still offers it as a “Schiffer Classic Book.”
If you are interested in picking up a copy:
# Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (August 30, 2001)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0764315404
# ISBN-13: 978-0764315404
# List Price: $19.95
# 139 Pages
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