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Tattooing
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Photography
Title
Sanctuary Tattoo
Year
2000
Kait Stokes documents the work of tattooists at Sanctuary Tattoo in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
Tattoo Parlor
Year
1992
Robyn Redman captures the environment within Ernie Villeneuve's tattoo shop in Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Tattoo Ernie Photographs
Year
1990
Robyn Redman captures the environment within Ernie Villeneuve's tattoo shop in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
Ernie Villeneuve Inside His Tattoo Shop, Portland, 1990
Year
1995
Robyn Redman captures the environment within Ernie Villeneuve's tattoo shop in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
From the Archive: Sanctuary
Year
2005
Kait Stokes documents the work of tattooists at Sanctuary Tattoo in Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Live Fast, Die Young, and Leave a Good Mark
Year
2007
Kelly Christian documents the work of Karen Lee, a tattoo artist from Windham, Maine.
Type
Radio
Title
Mark Our Vessel
Year
2010
Fascinated by the visual representation of stories through tattoos, Cyndi Lou Pappenfus uses tattooing as a way to give people closure for life-changing events. Sarah Delia documents the work that Cyndi Lou does for people who have survived cancer and drug addictions, and how the tattoos tell their own story.
Type
Photography
Title
A Different Space
Year
2010
Fascinated by the visual representation of stories through tattoos, Cyndi Lou Pappenfus uses tattooing as a way to give people closure for life-changing events. Luke Madden captures the work that Cyndi Lou does for people who have survived cancer and drug addictions.
Type
Photography
Title
Under Your Skin
Year
2012
Alexander Kreher explores the motivations that people have to commemorate their stories with ink on their skin.
Type
Magazine
Title
Salt Magazine XI: Number 42, September 1992
Year
Sep 1992
The September 1992 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on local barbershops in Portland, tattooing, and local memory.
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Diver
Year
2021
For Rochelle, diving into the ocean is like entering another world: a world where she feels safe. Exploring themes of LGBTIQ+ identity and mental health, “The Diver'' is about a young woman coming to terms with her past by redefining the marks on her skin. [TW: self-harm]