Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975

Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s

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A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.

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This is Sailor Sid freehand drawing a “black graphic” coverup on a client. Influenced by his blackwork from Cliff Raven, Sid tried his hand at the emerging trend of “tribal” tattooing. VHS source from our archives- 1984-86 approx.

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This is Jacci, from New Orleans. Video- late 80s?
Jacci's ART ACCENT shop in NO was a must visit for tattoo travelers in the 80s and 90s.

Longer video will likely end up on our IG or Patreon - BS's video interface isn't great.

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