Customer Reviews

Tahiti Tattoos

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This book has the most beautiful photographs of men that I have ever seen.

The images are sensual and sensitive.

That these images are rendered wholely in black and white is also significant.

I am not particularly interested in tattoos, and when I saw this book in the bookstore, I wasn't into it. Then I went to Bora Bora and become fascinated by the men who are fire dancers.

I have shown this book to my friends and they are all blown away by these images of men and want to go out and buy the book.

The images are alluring and evocative, whether you are into tattoos or not.

For those who are TOTALLY into this subject, there is another book which I saw in Bora Bora but have not been able to locate on the Internet, called Tatouage, which is in French. It includes detailed documentation and GORGEOUS images of Polynesian tattoos - hundreds of color illustrations.

The book is good but I got disappointed with some pictures. The reason is that some of those polynesian guys arent really tattooed - those tattoos are FAKE. Pay attention and you'll see some of their designs being erased by the water. So many tattooed people there and he author decided to pick a non-tattooed guy to draw some fake tattoos just to take his pictures, probably because he found those guys handsome. What a shame.

I found this book to be more in line for artists and photographers, but I purchased it for the tattoos, informaton on Tahitian tattoos, and ideas for my own. If you are interesed in Pacific culture, tattoos, or artistic photography this book is a must have as it covers ALL these like none other I've seen. Aloha

The book is quite beautifully done in a sepia coloring with artfully done photography of tatoos with a narrative of the history of tatoos throughout Tahiti and Polynesia

The "Robinet D'Amour" tattoo is so witty and amusing.

There are some good line drawings for references to study.

Page 112 does show that the tattoos were painted on and washing off in the ocean.

Aloha!

In this kind of books is very difficult to organize the history, the pictures and the theme. The author made a very good job, the photographies are great and the tattoos beautiful. I hope to see soon another work like this one.

Hardcover. Cloth over boards, 120 pp, 3.5 pounds.

Illustrations throughout, including many full-page photographs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
When Skin Speaks
The History of Tattooing in Polynesia
The Reasons for Tattooing
The Tattooing Operation

I'm an artist,alright? I bought this book for the tattoos....Yeah...Really! Just joking. Frankly, this is a nice photo book featuring pictures of hot looking Tahitian men in next to nothing. There are guys swimming, catching fish, and just hanging out. Sure there are few women in these pictures but frankly given the amount of cheescake out there, there are plenty of books you can buy if you want to look at hot tattooed women.

I particularly like the photos towards the end in the water, and the photos with more than one guy in it are twice as cool. This book has an honored place in my art reference section. It gets 5 stars from me for the sheer hotness factor of the men.

5 stars

I purchased this book for a cultural anthropology class I took last semester. After examining the work, I then decided to use it as a source for a paper, in which I received an "A." The photographs of tattoos were both visually stimulating and inspiring, yet females should be included as a comparison for tattoo styles. Equal photographs (or any at all) of women's tattoos would indeed be a great help, and a joy to admire.

Photographs were excellent however dissappointing that although the author mentions polynesian female tatooing in several places, there are no photographs of tatooed women. Signed: Dissapointed Samoan Woman