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'''''The Japanese Tattoo'''''
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Author</b> </td>
<td>  Donald Richie, Ian Burma
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Illustrator</b> </td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Genre</b> </td>
<td>  Culture Studies
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Publisher</b> </td>
<td>  Weatherhill
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Published</b> </td>
<td> 1980
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Language</b> </td>
<td> English
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Pages</b> </td>
<td> 114
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<td> 0834802287
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<p><b>The Japanese Tattoo</b> is an informative and easy to read book on not just the pictography of the <a href="/index.php?title=Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Tattoo" title="Tattoo">tattoo</a>, but also the social psychology, a short history and the methods used in applying the tattoo.
</p><p>The authors, Donald Richie and Ian Burma, have done a wonderful job at sourcing new and old photos alike of tattooists working, people in their everyday lives and historical photos. With many of the photos being in black and white they seldom over power the reader, one can read this book without being distracted by the photos.
</p><p>The book also contains many of the proper Japanese terms instead of translating them into English reinforcing the cultural differences and elevating the overall tone of the book.
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[[File:Japantattoo.jpg|thumb|right|The Japanese Tattoo]]
* '''Author:''' Sandi Fellman
* '''Illustrator:'''
* '''Genre:''' Photography
* '''Country:''' United States
* '''Publisher:''' Abbeville Press
* '''Published:''' [[1986]]
* '''Language:''' English
* '''Pages:''' 110
* '''ISBN:''' 0896597989


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''The Japanese Tattoo'' is a large format coffee table photo book, concerned mainly with photographing and displaying contemporary Japanese [[tattoos]]. The author and photographer Sandi Fellman has produced some of the most amazing Japanese tattoo photographs using one of the world's most unique cameras. Many of the photographs in this book were part of the "Body Art" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in [[1999]] and [[2000]].
 
The prints in this book are large and displayed in bold color. Other than captions, the 110 pages of this book are almost entirely photographs. Most of the photographs are approximately life size, providing a view of traditional Japanese tattoos of unparalleled clarity and detail.
 
== Notes on the Camera ==
All of the photos in this book were shot on a Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. These unusual cameras are five feet high, three and a half feet wide and weigh 235 pounds. Each print is 22" x 30" with an image area of 20" x 24", and as with other instant cameras the film is developed inside the camera.
 
== Links ==
* [http://sandifellman.com/ photographer Sandi Fellman's website]
* [http://www.polaroid.com/global/detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574488338434&amp;PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441760008 Polaroid 20 x 24 information]

Latest revision as of 15:57, 16 September 2023

The Japanese Tattoo

The Japanese Tattoo
  • Author: Sandi Fellman
  • Illustrator:
  • Genre: Photography
  • Country: United States
  • Publisher: Abbeville Press
  • Published: 1986
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 110
  • ISBN: 0896597989

The Japanese Tattoo is a large format coffee table photo book, concerned mainly with photographing and displaying contemporary Japanese tattoos. The author and photographer Sandi Fellman has produced some of the most amazing Japanese tattoo photographs using one of the world's most unique cameras. Many of the photographs in this book were part of the "Body Art" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in 1999 and 2000.

The prints in this book are large and displayed in bold color. Other than captions, the 110 pages of this book are almost entirely photographs. Most of the photographs are approximately life size, providing a view of traditional Japanese tattoos of unparalleled clarity and detail.

Notes on the Camera

All of the photos in this book were shot on a Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. These unusual cameras are five feet high, three and a half feet wide and weigh 235 pounds. Each print is 22" x 30" with an image area of 20" x 24", and as with other instant cameras the film is developed inside the camera.

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