War Paint: Tattoo Culture & the Armed Forces
by Kyle Cassidy
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0764340867
- ISBN 13
- 9780764340864
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About This Item
Schiffer Publishing, 2012. Hardcover. New/New. New oversized hardcover in new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes full color photos. 176 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. For many servicemen, the battle is over, but the ink lives on. Thousands of soldiers have chosen to commemorate their military service through tattoos, a custom as old as war paint itself. Yet military tattoos go far beyond the usual anchor and eagle clichés, and are often as complex and varied as the military experience. For the first time, documentary photographer Kyle Cassidy has sought out veterans who marked their military service with a tattoo and they are shown here in all their glory: fresh, faded, sometimes intertwined with wounds, physical and otherwise. And the stories behind these tattoos, both conventional and surprising, are just as engaging. In a transient world, with shifting enemies, mores, leaders, and friends, this is a testament to the values of a permanent commemoration. The unique journey into each soldier's story will captivate you. Not only is this book a great resource for history and military buffs, but it is also a great reference for tattoo artists.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. For many servicemen, the battle is over, but the ink lives on. Thousands of soldiers have chosen to commemorate their military service through tattoos, a custom as old as war paint itself. Yet military tattoos go far beyond the usual anchor and eagle clichés, and are often as complex and varied as the military experience. For the first time, documentary photographer Kyle Cassidy has sought out veterans who marked their military service with a tattoo and they are shown here in all their glory: fresh, faded, sometimes intertwined with wounds, physical and otherwise. And the stories behind these tattoos, both conventional and surprising, are just as engaging. In a transient world, with shifting enemies, mores, leaders, and friends, this is a testament to the values of a permanent commemoration. The unique journey into each soldier's story will captivate you. Not only is this book a great resource for history and military buffs, but it is also a great reference for tattoo artists.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200214
- Title
- War Paint: Tattoo Culture & the Armed Forces
- Author
- Kyle Cassidy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0764340867
- ISBN 13
- 9780764340864
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Qb12
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Tattoos, Tattoo artists, Body ink, Military history, Army culture, Veterans, Servicemen, Body art,
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