CONTENTS — July 2002
DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Goodbye to Bianca, the marking of Anil Gupta, firemen remember 9/11, Eric Perfect gives something back, Tennessee Dave remembers
Sailor Ted, the world's first Wellness Weekend for tattooists, Bonge and Baxter get reviewed, and Purple Panther's M. Alder answers the 10 Big Ones.
HIPSHOTS
Maury Englander captures the naughty side of tattooing.
TALKBACK
Truck driver and tattoo artist Curtis Carlson gives down South shops the white-glove test.
TATTOO ARTISTS AND THEIR RIDES
ManWoman opens his bulletproof garage door and lets us see inside.
READERS' GALLERY
Another batch of tattoo photos from the famous and soon-to-be famous.
FEATURES
HOW TO TAKE TATTOO PHOTOS by Charles Gatewood
World-famous fetish photographer and Skin & Ink contributor Charles Gatewood explains the basics of taking professional-quality tattoo photos.
LONDON'S EVER-EVOLVING GENIUS—THE BUGS INTERVIEW with R.J. Musolf
The London-based Frenchman talks about his past, present and future with his dear friend R.J.
TATTOO TIME IN AOTEAROA by Michael Laukien
After a disappointing convention in Samoa, it was off to New
Zealand for a little R and R with Travelin' Mick supplying the play-by-play.
JAMIE IZUMI INTERVIEW with Bob Baxter
Sinking ink professionally for less than seven years, Jamie Izumi burst
onto the convention scene with his prizewinning tattoos and a lot of hard work.
COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
C.W., Don Ed Hardy and Don Nolan remember their old pal, the late Cliff Raven.
DIGGIN' THE DIRT WITH HOLLY
Holly posts the results of her highly anticipated shop-girl contest.
SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
A surprising look at the flamboyant tattoo artist and bouncer from Amsterdam's
Fineline Tattoo, Rinus Soisa.
TRAVELIN' MICK
A visit to the Wellness Weekend for tattoo artists who JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Our man in Manhattan answers a reader's question about the history and meaning of those sometimes mysterious military tattoos