TTT: Tattoo

TTT: Tattoo is a visually stunning, high quality art book which explores contemporary tattoo culture across the world. The book features the work of over 300 of the world’s best studios and individuals, including Rock of Ages, Saved Tattoo, Into You, the Leu family, Scott Campbell, Duncan X, Maud Dardeau, Stephanie Tamez, Tomas Tomas and Kenji Alucky. Exploring the connections between tattoo culture today and seminal developments in the recent past, TTT examines how the historical styles of this most enduring art form blend into new ones.

With features on Chicano-style tattooing, Russian and contemporary Asian tattooing as well as a selection of essays, contact information and a worldwide directory of the best studios and artists, this is the ultimate gift for anyone with an interest in the art form.

Author Biography

TTTism is headed by Maxime Plescia-Buchi, an artist whose work spans tattooing, typography, clothing design, creative direction and publishing. He founded Sang Bleu in 2006, and, though it began as a highly influential avant garde magazine, it has solidified as a global art project.

Nicholas Schonberger is an academic, journalist and author. His work on tattooing has informed museum exhibitions (notably ‘Skin and Bones: Tattoos and the American Sailor’ – Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, USA, 2009) and featured in both books and magazines.