Color Full Pain: Tattoos & Piercing [Hardcover]

Walter Kehr (Author)

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Review

Color Full Pain: Tattoo Piercing is an amazing portfolio of black and white photographs, Walter Kehr documents one of the strangest fads to sweep through the contemporary American counter-culture -- body piercing and tattooing. Practices normally associated with primitive cultures, body piercing combined with tattooing has taken on aspects of social protest and the "body-as-art". Warning: Kehr's Color Full Of Pain is not for the squeamish. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Universe (May 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789300966
• ISBN-13: 978-0789300966
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,582,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!, February 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Color Full Pain: Tattoos & Piercing (Hardcover)

I own quite a few books on tattoos and body modifications, but this one just doesn't make the cut. There was nothing special about the tattoos and piercings featured in this book, you could pick up a copy of any number of tattoo magazines for under ... and see more interesting work. The photography was good for the most part, but the subject matter was lacking. If you want a really good book on this subject get a copy of The Customized Body by Ted Polhemus. Charles Gatewood also has several outstanding books on the subject.

If you do decide to buy this one, make sure you save your return label, you'll probably need it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional photography, July 23, 2001

By 

Sheena Estel Galpin (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Color Full Pain: Tattoos & Piercing (Hardcover)

'This book contains photographs of mainly piercing but also tattoos. The photographs range from a variety of genital and facial piercings. Has very big, clear pictures. Excellent quality. When i bought it i expected it to have writing so I was disapointed to get a book that solely contained photographs. However if what you are interested is a book with pictures and nothing else this is a very good choice. It contains very nice detailed closeups and is really a pleasure to look through.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simplicity is elegant, February 14, 2000

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Brian Heinberg (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Color Full Pain: Tattoos & Piercing (Hardcover)

Kehr does an extraordinary job of documenting a very specific lifestyle while maintaining an engaging and original perspective. Very talented, keep your eye on this one.