Torso - Hardcover

Stunning large-scale tattoo work by stellar tattooists are captured... Their differing tattoo styles conveyed in backpieces and front torso tattoos should be of interest to a wide range of tattoo enthusiasts. 11/19/2014 Cuff's photographs are slick and darkly addictive. Torso's minimal design, and Cuff's use of black and white photography and closely cropped images enhance the graphic structure of the work in a powerful way. -- Markus Cuff Tattoo Magazine, May 2015

Torso is an amazing collection of work spanning 16 years, that documents the burgeoning tattoo phenomenon across the United States and Pacific Islands; these photographs are slick and darkly addictive...reflecting artistic expression that links to both personal and social identity, the telling of stories on the skin, of being and belonging. Included are stunning examples of work by respected tattoo artists such as Mike Rubendall, Jill Bonny, Khalil Rintye, John The Dutchman, Horiyoshi III, Carlos Torres, Matt Breckerich, Clark North, Aaron Coleman, Horitaka, Steve Looney, Ron Earhart, Nate Bunuelos, Edwin Shaffer, George Campisi and Denny Besnard.