BME: Body Modification Ezine

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Author: Jordan Ginsberg

  • Frozen on the Boundaries

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    Admittedly, I’m woefully out of touch with cyberpunk anything, so pardon me if I’m missing a reference here and just projecting my own experiences, but is this not a dead ringer for Samppa? I mean, it is Samppa, isn’t it? The photo comes to us from Goldust and was taken at the Moscow Tattoo and Bodyart Festival this year, so hopefully we’ll get some much-needed clarification here. Whether it’s him or some other grilled-up cyborg, though, it’s damn fine work.

    And, after the jump, and not-so-ambiguous tribute to another artist who is no stranger to seeing his likeness engraved in others.

    This cutting of Emilio is by Martin Page, who was also responsible for the implants in this 3D portrait of Emilio from a little while back. (No relation, of course, to this glorious monument.)

    See more in “Moscow Tattoo and Bodyart Festival“ (Tattoo Conventions)

    See more in “Skin Removal Scarification“ (Scarification)

  • Macrophenomenal

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    Not much to add to this handsome close-up photo featuring piercings by Ryan Ouellette at Precision Body Arts in Nashua, New Hampshire.

    Actually, here’s something to add…

    …another lovely close-up piercing shot! This one-day-old horizontal eyebrow piercing comes to us from Verona, Italy. You know, I love the more “extreme” submissions we get, but there’s still something very satisfying about relatively simple, well-executed, well-photographed piercings.

    See more in “Labrets“ (Lip Piercing)

    See more in “Horizontal eyebrows“ (Eyebrow Piercing)

  • Sing and Rejoice

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good afternoon, ModBloggers! Have you saluted ol’ Queenie up there yet today? No? Well…the ever-watchful eye of the British Empire has a death gaze for you, after the jump.

    (Tattoos by the great Sean Karn at Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, Virginia. More Karn here.)

    See more in “Sean Karn Tattoo Mini Portfolio“ (Tattoo Artist Portfolios)

  • Aye, the Hot Pants

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    I’ve never served in the Navy but I like to think I know a thing or two about seamen, and I just don’t think this pinup by Sean Polland (at Creative Visions in Monterey, California) is wearing her uniform correctly. As a matter of fact, I can’t think of a single ship on which this would be acceptable attire. I’m just saying…maybe a little more attention to detail would benefit everyone in the future?

    (I’m kidding! I’m kidding. Make with the sexy dames, now and forever, kthx.)

    See more in “Pinup Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Further Proof That Twitter is Trying to Destroy Us All

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    Well, it was bound to happen. Apparently, actor Steve Buscemi has become a Twitter demon, like so many others, and desperately wants people to know it. It seems that he put out a call for those following him to get the word out, and, well, the staff of Let’s Buzz in Bergen, Norway, took it to heart, beating and tying up one of their own, scrawling the graven image on poor Kenneth there, and documenting the entire process for the twisted Buscemi’s spank bank.

    And all for what? For a little bit of Twitter fame. There’s more to life than a little Twitter fame, you know. Don’tcha know that? And here you are, and it’s a beautiful day. Well…I just don’t understand it.

    See more in “Studio Staff Scrapbook“ (Culture)

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