Musical Ink (Hardcover)

Musical Ink is a portrait project from Toronto-based photographer Jon Blacker that spotlights 62 musicians and their tattoos. This exciting volume of imagery not only has something for every musical taste - featured artists range in genre from heavy metal to hip hop and opera - the tattoo styles include elaborate sleeves, creative one points, and traditional Japanese themes. Each portrait is photographed in black and white using a special infrared camera, which allows the tattoos to truly stand out from the skin because while infrared light largely reflects off of skin, it is absorbed by the tattoo ink, creating a great deal of contrast between the almost glowing, ethereal appearance of the skin and the deep blacks and greys of the tattoos. But Musical Ink goes more than skin deep and focuses on the personal meanings of the artists' body art, be it a deep personal reflection or simply a great funny story. This outstanding collection of images, including artists like Dave Navarro, Chad Smith, and Sammy Hagar, is ideal for music lovers, tattoo aficionados and artists, and photographers.

General

Imprint:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	June 2013
Authors:	Jon Blacker
Dimensions:	304 x 304 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-7643-4443-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Body art & tattooing Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic portraits
LSN:	0-7643-4443-9
Barcode:	9780764344435

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