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  • I Heart Tattoos

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I love getting photos of tattooed people. I prefer them to be good tattoos, but honestly, almost without exception I think tattoos, good or bad, make a person look better. Try and think about the people below without the tattoos, and while I’m sure they’d still look good, there’d be something important missing. When I was a little kid, I drew on myself — I’ve never liked the appearance of plainskin.

    Credits, left to right: 1. Tribal by Mike at Premiere in Brooklyn, and ankh by Ink Link in Charlotte, NC, 2. Kelly’s very nice carnation tattoo by Jay at Addictive in London, Ontario, and 3. Ava‘s wonderful work by Yann at Your meat is mine in Paris, France.

  • Seen at Miss Maya’s Dungeon

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    This suicide suspension photo c/o Sinstress is really nice!

  • F.T.C.!

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    From the ModBlog email inbox:

    I’m a tattoo apprentice at “The Laughing Buddha Tattoo and Body Piercing.” We put a piece in my fucking pit the other day — I’m from that county in Oklahoma, and went to jail there for some bull-shit, so the F.T.C. stands for “Fuck That County.”

    Thanks Shaun! Anyone else got a good story or tattoo? Send it in.

  • I suppose I can see the navel piercings

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Most of the pictures on BME of piercings are relatively documentary in nature — they’re shots of the piercing, rather than the person bearing it. But still, every once in a while folks send me photos that are more portraits of them than portraits of their body modifications. Here’s a few recent examples:

    From left to right, here are the credits: 1. “Sensual Sorcery’s” piercings by Nick at Tribal Urge in Southsea, 2. Adry in Hungary’s navel piercing, 3. “Acid Angel” from Poland’s navel piercing, and 4. “Super Kug” in Germany also has a navel piercing.

  • Where is his right hand?

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    This is a very funny nipple piercing photo, and could probably use a caption.

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