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Amazing tatoos.

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Again, cannot believe it is tatoo!

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Have you ever seen such a sculpture-like tatoo design? It is really amazing how the artist used the shadow and color.

History of tatoos 7.

In the late 1960s, the attitude towards tatooing changed. Much credit can be given to Lyle Tuttle. He is a handsome, charming, interesting and knows how to use the media. He tatooed celebrities, particularly women. Magazines and television went to Lyle to get information about this ancient art form.

Toady, tatooing is making a strong comeback. It is more popular and accepted than it has ever been. All classes of people seek the best tatoo artists. This rise in popularity has placed tattoists in the category of "fine artist". The tatooist has garnered a respect not seen for over 100 years. Current artists combine the tr5adition of tatooing with their personal style creating unique and phenomenal body art. With the addition of new inks, tatooing has certainly reached a new plateau.

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After world war II, tatoos became further denigrated by their associations with Marlon Brando type bikers and Juvenile delinquents. tatooing had little respect in American culture. Then, in 1961 there was an outbreak of hepatitis and tatooing was sent reeling on its heels.

Though most tatoo shops had sterilization machines, few used them. Newspapers reported stories of blood poisoning, hepatitis, and other diseases. The general population held tatoo parlors in disrepute. At first, the New York City government gave the tatoos an opportunity to form an association and self- regulate, but tatooists are independent and they were not able to organize themselves. A health code violation went into effect and the tatoo shops at Times Square and Coney Island were shut down. For a time, it was difficult to get a tatoo in New York. It was illegal and tatoos had a terrible reputation. Few people wanted a tatoo. The better shops moved to Philadelphia and New Jersey where it was still legal.

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While tatooing was declining in popularity across the country, in Chatham Square in flourished. Husbands tatooed their wives with examples of their best work. They played the role of walking advertisements for their husbands' work. At this time, cosmetic tatooing became popular, blush for cheeks, coloured lips, and eyeliner. With world war I, the flash art images changed to those of bravery and wartime icons.

In the 1920s, with prohibition and then the depression, Chathma Square lost its appeal. The center for tatoo art moved to Coney Island. Across the country, tatooists opened shops in areas that would support them, namely cities with military bases close by, particularly naval bases. tatoos were know as travel markers. You could tell where a person had been by their tatoos.

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By the turn of the century, tatooing had lost a great deal of credibility. tatooists worked the sleazier sections of town. Heavily tatooed people traveled with circuses and "freak Shows." Betty Brodbent traveled with Ringling Brothers Circus in the 1930s and was a star attraction for years.

The cultural view of tatooing was so poor for most of the century that tatooing went underground. Few were accepted into the secret society of artists and there were no schools to study the craft. There were no magazines or associations. tatoo suppliers rarely advertised their products. One had to learn through the scuttlebutt where to go and who to see for quality tatoos.

The birthplace of the American style tatoo was Chatham Square in New York City. At the turn of the century it was a seaport and entertainment center attracting working-class people with money. Samuel O'Riely cam from Boston and set up shop there. He took on an apprentice named Charlie Wagner. After O'Reily's death in 1908, Wagner opened a supply business with Lew Alberts. Alberts had trained as a wallpaper designer and he transferred those skills to the design of tatoos. He is noted for redesigning a large portion of early tatoo flash art.