Pissing off Scenesters Since 1995
He tattoos, he paints, he paints portraits of tattooists–Shawn Barber’s business card must be a mile long, and I’m sure he’s handed out a ton of them judging by the vast amount of pieces collected in his “Forever & Ever.” The 256 tome, published by 9mm books, includes paintings of some of the greatest living tattoo artists–their faces, their hands, their tattoo machines. Barber even offers a ton of supplemental material, including sketches and associated photographs.
Barber has spent the last few years traveling around the country photographing tattoo artists and their tools of the trade. He then meticulously renders the photos into stunning works of art, often transposing different angles of the subject’s hands to better show off their body art.
Life In a Bungalo will have a review up as soon as we get our hands on a copy.