36 Beautiful Examples of Tattoo Photography

By Matthew Heidenreich | Published July 21st, 2010 in Inspiration

I recently read a statistic that intrigued me:  Nearly 40% of young people have tattoos.  Tattoos have come a long way as far as complexity in the recent years, and have become beautiful ways to showcase your body as a canvas.  In this post I will share with you 36 beautiful examples of tattoo’s in photography.

Afonso, do Real Sucos

Backstage 3

Bodies of Work : Series 2

Bodies of Work – Series 4

Bodies of Work – Series 5

Bodies of Work – Series 1

Cody Dresser

Dissociative

Fab 5 Photography

Fresh 3/4 Sleeve

Girls, Girls, Girls

I See You See (Part II)

Inked Beauty

James Debenham

Mon Petit Poney

Out on a limb

Vilo Krizan

Wait Till I Get My Money Right

Beguiling Images

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15 Comments
  1. Eduardo Malheiros on July 21st, 2010

    pic2: – My preeeciousss… ;)

  2. John G. on July 21st, 2010

    Well, I would definitely say “Interesting”, or “Striking” examples, but “Beautiful”?

    NO. :)

    Beautiful is not a word that would come to mind here, lol…

  3. Matthew Heidenreich on July 21st, 2010

    @john

    you know I was thinking the same thing after seeing this article posted. Not sure what i was thinking when i created that title :-)

  4. Vectorbunker on July 22nd, 2010

    Wow Nice, thanks for sharing

  5. Arshad Cini on July 22nd, 2010

    Small tattoos are okey but some tattoos like above ones make them like creatures:)

  6. Jookie on July 22nd, 2010

    Small tatoos are not tatoos ;)

    Some are really beautifull !
    But a lot of them are chaotics without any logic : colored left arm with B&W right arm for example.
    When you decide to use your body like a canvas, you have to foresee the whole design. Otherwise you should at least remain faithful to the beginnings.

  7. Avril Jones on July 22nd, 2010

    For tattoo photography, check out http://www.doralba.com.

    Also for fetish photography.

    Enjoy. :-)

  8. Jogos Gratis on July 22nd, 2010

    By far of the best collections of Tattoo photography I’ve seen on the internet. I love tattoos, I tried to get a tattoo twice and both times it didn’t work.
    One time the artist got arrested the time before and the second time I had to travel. :(

  9. Katja Nina on July 22nd, 2010

    Some I would have not included in this list.. but few fantastic shots there!

  10. Benjamin on July 22nd, 2010

    “i see you see” caught my imagination. God, people are crazy!

  11. Jack on July 22nd, 2010

    Some of them are just covered in too much stuff, and like someone said chaotic as well. It’s just seems like random images pasted onto their bodies. The best ones are simple, minimal, and composed (negative space and flow) well.

  12. VectorBoy on July 23rd, 2010

    Wow! Really impressive tattoos, I like Vanessa Lake (the last ones) ;)

  13. Uma on July 23rd, 2010

    superb…each one is a work of art!!

  14. Ben Daly Mohamed on July 27th, 2010

    Some of those tatoo are awsome !!!, thanks for the post

  15. jared thompson on July 28th, 2010

    I must admit Im becoming more and more a fan of the art of tattoo work, and this only goes to strengthen how beautiful it is..
    now just to make enough only for my sleaves to get done!