The Mammoth Book of Tattoos 500 contemporary colour photographs,featuring the work of 80 of the world's leading tattoo artists. It is now estimated that as much as 10% of the population in the UK andUSA carries a tattoo. The huge recent growth in tattoo culture has in turnled to an influx of new talented artists, advancements in pigments andrefinement of the equipment used. This giant volume includes the very best of the new work made possible bymodern improvements in tattoo art. Here are 500 striking photographicimages of tattoos, covering all styles from bold ‘tribal' pieces,Chinese characters and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs, andfrom all-over ‘body suits' to individual motifs - works asdistinctive as the bodies they adorn. Featuring the work of the DiscoveryChannel's L.A. Ink stars Corey Miller, Kim Saigh and Hannah Aitchinson,and London Ink's Nicole Lowe, Louis Molloy and Phil Kyle amongst manyothers.