along for the ride on Flickr.
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Guy with a large back tattoo, Wan Chai wetmarket, Hong Kong.
dragonipple on Flickr.
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When I asked this guy if I could take a picture of his tattoo, he seemed a bit, “well, uhm, ok, i guess?” which is perfectly understandable since the area in which I took this (Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong) sees very few white folks walking around taking pictures, especially compared to other, more popular parts of Hong Kong. He works at a local recycling plant, and when I mimed that I wanted to take his picture, he thought I meant that I wanted to take a picture of the equipment behind him. After I explained myself, he let me take a couple of pictures of him. (Press the right arrow button to see the other one.) As I left, his coworkers were teasing him, one of them going so far as to tug on the nipple around which the tattoo is. Incidentally, I took another picture of this guy’s back tattoo a few days ago.
warrior on Flickr.
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Dude in Kowloon City, Hong Kong rocking a pretty gnarly back tattoo of… a deity? a warrior? if anyone knows for sure, please let me know in the comments. lots of the working class dudes here in Hong Kong have tattoos, often quite large like this one.
bluebirds on Flickr.
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My friend Brian, who is very patient and kind when it comes to my wacky photo-taking scemes, posing with his asian-art-inspired blue bird tattoo in front of asian art of blue birds.