.Inked.Pierced.Marked

UPDATE: I decided to add the book in its development process in a slide format. It can be found below the screen shot of the cover.

The title has solidified and I’m liking it more each day. I thought I’d post the cover of the project. It has been floating around on the project page with the rest of the images, but this is the FULL cover. That is, the front, the back, the spine and the two flaps (black), that make up the rest of the dusk jacket. Use your imagination to see it as a real cover.

In putting together this project I was reminded of how much I enjoy photographing people and I might just see a style and never-ending project developing. I’m already looking for the next installment. Okay, working on it, but I picked a tough one and the networking I’ve been doing for a year now has yet to get me in the door. Cross your fingers. It will be awesome.

p.s. Sorry about the moderately annoying watermark.

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Bald and Beautiful

Another gem along the way. What a face. Totally bald, with the most beautiful structure and eyes.

Eventually you’ll be able to check out the full project on the Tattoo photo project page: Los Tatuados (more photos coming).

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Gems along the way

The World

Editing can either make me depressed or get me really excited. The depressed part comes about when I edit an assignment and I don’t like what I have. Yeah, it happens. I see what could have been and then proceed to mentally kick myself for not getting it. Whatever ‘it’ may be.

Photography, and by default editing, is a mentally and emotionally consuming process. I don’t go to work. I don’t stop working. I guess I could say it’s a lot like breathing. You stop, you die. Okay, okay… I’m not going to die if I stop taking photographs.

I’m intense, not insane.

But what I fear would die is this funky constant wonder about people and their interactions (with others, the planet and even themselves) that only seems to inflict young children and the socially inept. It is a weird place, this world of ours, and more so because we’re in it.

Therefore photography is at the core, the worst form of self-abuse and the best kind self-fulfillment in my case. It can be hard. It can be draining. It can be so totally awesome I walk about like a five year old anticipating Christmas. Yeah, it happens and I look like a dork.

So, I’m editing the hundreds of portraits from the tattoo convention last weekend and I am bouncing up and down in my chair. I thought I’d share a few gems along the way. You might not agree they are gems. I tend to like photographs that others do not, or become fascinated in some obscure detail nobody else cares about, but I hope you enjoy this dork’s vision anyway.

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Tattoos, Body Piercing and Skin Modifications, oh my

Dear Dad,

I thought I should email you and let you know I’ve decided to make a few modifications to my appearance. I know you’re not a fan of tattoos or piercings, but the 6th Annual Tattoo Show, organized by Mandinga Tattoo, is in town at the Hotel Bauen in Buenos Aires and I’ve thought hard about this. Really, a few adornments here or there are no big deal, right? Anyway, I’ve included a few photographs, so you can get and idea of where my inspiration is coming from. Hope the skiing is good in Colorado and I look forward to visiting soon.

Love your daughter,

Cate

p.s. I’ll send more images later. The weekend is young still and there are so many great examples I could show you, but I need to return and keep photographing it all.

p.s.s. Don’t worry. I’ll make sure everything is clean. xoxoxo

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