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VIMBY Video: Paul Booth

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Jordan Ginsberg


Friend of BME, Ary from VIMBY Video, just sent us this new piece profiling a man who needs no introduction, Paul Booth, at his Last Rites studio in New York City. Paul discusses trades he’s made for tattoo work (example: a torture chair), tattooing rock stars, shows off “Skeleton Christ,” and more.

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24 responses to “VIMBY Video: Paul Booth”

  1. Pixku Avatar
    Pixku

    That studio is fucking awesome

  2. Pixku Avatar
    Pixku

    That studio is fucking awesome

  3. Orwellnine Avatar
    Orwellnine

    Good video – Shame we don’t see the finished tattoo, I was looking forward to that.

  4. Orwellnine Avatar
    Orwellnine

    Good video – Shame we don’t see the finished tattoo, I was looking forward to that.

  5. Chemery Avatar
    Chemery

    i LOVE Paul Booth<3

  6. Chemery Avatar
    Chemery

    i LOVE Paul Booth<3

  7. skeel Avatar
    skeel

    WICKED!!

  8. skeel Avatar
    skeel

    WICKED!!

  9. sammie Avatar
    sammie

    I have an entire backpiece by Booth.. very cool. All I did was sign up and 2 years later I get the call, that’s it.

  10. sammie Avatar
    sammie

    I have an entire backpiece by Booth.. very cool. All I did was sign up and 2 years later I get the call, that’s it.

  11. Will Avatar
    Will

    Wonderful & awesome & fantastic & wish I was there.

  12. Will Avatar
    Will

    Wonderful & awesome & fantastic & wish I was there.

  13. jibberdin Avatar
    jibberdin

    (black) METAL !

  14. jibberdin Avatar
    jibberdin

    (black) METAL !

  15. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Woowww!!! Just awesome!!!

  16. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Woowww!!! Just awesome!!!

  17. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I haVE HAD HIM , HES NICE 😉

  18. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I haVE HAD HIM , HES NICE 😉

  19. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    SEXUALY i MEAN , NOT tattoo’s.

  20. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    SEXUALY i MEAN , NOT tattoo’s.

  21. JohnnyThief Avatar
    JohnnyThief

    Paul is a sweetheart. I don’t know if he’d appreciate me blowing up any spooky image he has, but it’s true. He is just still a kid who wants to be Hallowe’en every day. I love him.

  22. JohnnyThief Avatar
    JohnnyThief

    Paul is a sweetheart. I don’t know if he’d appreciate me blowing up any spooky image he has, but it’s true. He is just still a kid who wants to be Hallowe’en every day. I love him.

  23. tattoo design Avatar
    tattoo design

    Oh my God! The studio is so clandestine. You were definitely not kidding about it being “the atmosphere”. It is so artistically enriched that you get the whole vibe of everything when you are actually sitting down getting your ink done.

  24. tattoo design Avatar
    tattoo design

    Oh my God! The studio is so clandestine. You were definitely not kidding about it being “the atmosphere”. It is so artistically enriched that you get the whole vibe of everything when you are actually sitting down getting your ink done.

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