Deep Marks - Tattoo Blog

Ryan Sherwood – Tattoo Flash – 11″ x 14” Prismacolor / ink on vellum

David A. Elias — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:32:42 +0000

Here is one amazing piece from Ryan Sherwood Of Albany, NY’s Nato’s Ink.

This piece of tattoo flash has it all; snake, eagle and pirate skull and cross bones! What more could you ask for?

As far as I know nobody has actually reserved this piece for their skin so you could give Ryan a ring and be the proud owner of this tattoo!

(518) 465-8150 1280 - Broadway, Albany, NY 12204

Ryan Sherwood Flash - Nato's Ink

Barrel Raceing and Rodeo this weekend at Double M Western!

David A. Elias — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:24:22 +0000

I know this isn’t exactly tattoo related but it is kick-ass and cool so I’m mentioning it anyway because you ought to go…

The folks at Double M Western on Rt. 67 in Ballston Spa are having a big tent sale and rodeo this weekend May 14-15th 9Am to 2Pm Saturday and 11Am to 2Pm Sunday.

I’ll be there photographing the action. If you haven’t been to one of these events you don’t know what you are missing!

Barrel Racing - Washington County Fair NBHA NY

basetrack.org Tattoo Collage – US Marines and Corpsmen with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines in Helmand Afghanistan 2010-2011

David A. Elias — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:13:28 +0000

This contribution is really something! MANY thanks to Teru Kuwayama and Balazs Gardi! They have sent me this image from an upcoming book.

Back in the 1980′s I went to school with this odd punk kid named Teru Kuwayama. Teru could take one hell of a photo and thankfully got possibly the only portrait of me back in those mohawk days.

Now over twenty years later Teru is a well respected photographer and journalist/ war corespondent currently working in Afganistan. Along with several others Teru has started a media project called Basetrack.org which chronicles their work. I won’t even try to explain it but you must go see it. You can learn a lot about the war in Afghanistan. basetrack.org

This photo collage is the work of Teru and Balazs Gardi the tattoos are from the US Marines and Corpsmen with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines in Helmand Afghanistan 2010-2011.

Here’s a formal bit about the two photographers…

Teru Kuwayama is a photographer from New York. His work over the past decade has focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir. He was the 2009–2010 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and is currently a 2010 TEDGlobal Fellow and a 2010 Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. He received a 2010 Knight News Challenge Award to launch Basetrack: One-Eight.

Balazs Gardi is a photographer based in Mexico City and Dubai. He first traveled to Afghanistan in 2001, in the first days of Operation Enduring Freedom, and has repeatedly returned to Afghanistan and Pakistan since then. He has received the Prix Bayeux War Correspondents Award and the Alexia Award for World Peace. His ongoing project, Facing Water Crisis, documents water related crises and conflicts around the world.

Marine Tattoos Helmand Province 2010 - 2011 Kuwayama - Gardi

Do You Have What It Takes To Party With Nixon?!

David A. Elias — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:01:49 +0000

I’ve taken the plunge and started my left set of ribs with a giant tattoo of one of my favorite players of recent history; President Richard Millhouse Nixon.

I’ve still got to get the upper half outlined so it’s a long road ahead.

Ryan Sherwood of Nato’s Ink in Albany NY designed the piece and is inking it into me.

Nixon tattoo playing the piano

Woman Endures the Pain

David A. Elias — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:04:18 +0000

I took this photo a few years back in a now closed tattoo shop in Schuylerville, NY.

The artist is a guy named Tommy aka Sketch, though his last name escapes me.

Tattoos do Hurt.

Phil Alvin of the Blasters on the Record Business and Furniture Manufacters

David A. Elias — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:02:59 +0000

If you don’t read Dangerous Minds (blog) then you ought to!

Here is a typical entry from Dangerous Minds that will both entertain and blow your mind.

If you don’t know who Phil Alvin or the Blasters are as well then you ought to check it out!

Let Phil Alvin “learn you”…

Phil Alvin’s Music History Lesson Record Companies Sell Furniture

Women Building Bombers – A T Palmer’s Photos

David A. Elias — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:33:52 +0000

There are more and more pin up style and WWII inspired tattoos out there these days.
Here is a link to an amazing collection of the work of Alfred T Palmer.
Palmer’s images of these fantastic women of the aircraft factories will hopefully launch a thousand tattoos.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahs28/beautiful-color-photographs-of-vintage-americia-1yzj

WWII Woman paints Army Air insignia - Alfred T Palmer

Tibetan Tattoos and Resistance

David A. Elias — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:29:33 +0000

Here’s the latest installment from Heidi Minx. There are seven of these videos all together but I think they are best broken up as it’s a lot to digest in one shot.

Tibetan Tattoos and Resistance

David A. Elias — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:29:35 +0000

Here is part two of seven videos provided by Heidi Minx of Built on Respect.

The entire piece can be seen and read here – BUILT ON RESPECT

Please go look at it and the rest of the site; it’s not a nice subject, but one you should be aware of.

Built on Respect – Heidi Minx takes on a giant

David A. Elias — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:57:43 +0000

Two years ago I was lucky enough to be invited to photograph the VIP area of the Superbowl of Hardcore put on by The Black and Blue Family. Running much of the affair was fellow punk rocker and activist Heidi Minx who’s work in support of Tibetans and their struggle to resist being erased by China is nothing short of daring. Heidi has been kind enough to lend Deep Marks some of her own material highlighting the Tibetan struggle.

Heidi also writes for -

Inked For a Cause

Care2

The Huffington Post!

Heidi’s organization is called Built On Respect and her work is one of the less known aspects of tattoo culture that I would like to bring to light. Over the next week I will be posting various videos provided by Heidi concerning tattoos and Tibetan resistance.

If you would like to learn more or donate to her cause please hit the above link and visit her site; it’s well worth it.

Heidi Minx