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Exhibition traces global history of tattoos
These striking black images depict "fine line" and "black and grey" tattooing.
This type of body art has its roots in Hispanic neighbourhoods of East Los Angeles.
Before gaining mainstream popularity, this type of tattooing was created...
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CLEAN : Marked for life: South Korea's tattoo artists seek legalisation
While tattooing itself is not illegal in South Korea, it is classed as a medical procedure and may only be carried out by a fully qualified doctor -- with the law setting a minimum two-year prison sentence for violators, although judges...
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VOICED : Mexican inmates use tattoo skills for purse designs
VOICED : Mexican inmates use tattoo skills for purse designs
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VOICED: Hong Kong women shrug off tattoo taboo
VOICED: Hong Kong women shrug off tattoo taboo
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CLEAN : Mexican inmates use tattoo skills for purse designs
CLEAN : Mexican inmates use tattoo skills for purse designs
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VOICED: Can tattoed fish bring good fortune to their owners?
VOICED: Can tattoed fish bring good fortune to their owners?
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Tattoos help heal the wounds of war
LEAD IN: Leading tattoo artists are helping former Israeli soldiers wounded in the line of duty to cover up the scars of tragedy and loss. People who have been maimed by war and violence are often left with daily remainders of their...
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CLEAN : Canada: Inuit women 'taking back' tradition of facial tattoos
A 'V' on the temples, dots on the cheeks or lines on the chin: in the great Canadian north, Inuit women are reclaiming the art of facial tattooing and its "therapeutic" virtues, banned for decades by the Anglican and Catholic churches...
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World's leading tattoo artists meet in London
APTN - 7th October 2005, London
1. WS queue
2. MS queue moving
3. GVs inside
4. Man with tattooed face
5. Two people looking at tattoo catalogue
6. SOT Miki Vialatto (event organiser): 'Here is invitation only so all the artists that you...
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Traditional and modern tattoos popular on island
Apia, Samoa - 1 June, 2011
1. Wide of men with traditional pe'a (male half body) tattoos marching in parade
2. Various of woman with traditional mulu (female leg) tattoo dancing in cultural performance
3. Various of small modern tattoos...
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CLEAN: Can tattoed fish bring good fortune to their owners?
CLEAN: Can tattoed fish bring good fortune to their owners?
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VOICED : Los tatuajes clandestinos de Corea
VOICED : Los tatuajes clandestinos de Corea
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CLEAN: Master tattooist celebrates his art in cons
In Japan tattoos are taboo - associated with the mafia and often banned in public places. CLEAN: Master tattooist celebrates his art in cons on June 12, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)
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VOICED : Tatuajes de abejas para recordar a las victimas de Manchester
Cientos de personas se han tatuado una abeja para ayudar tras el atentado de Mánchester que dejó 22 muertos los tatuadores donan el costo su trabajo al fondo para las víctimas
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CLEAN : Gang tattoos defaced as Philippine jails seek to reduce violence
Heavily-tattooed Philippine inmates wince in pain as fellow prisoners use improvised tattooing machines to deface symbols identifying their gang affiliation as part of an official programme aimed at reducing violence (Footage by AFPTV...
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VOICED : Fiebre mundialista en Argentina: llevar a Messi y la Copa del Mundo en la piel
Los tatuadores redoblan el trabajo en Buenos Aires. Algunos fanáticos cambian las tradicionales serpientes o calaveras por la cara del astro Lionel Messi o por el trofeo de la Copa del Mundo levantada por Argentina en Catar (Footage by...