Skin Pics (1980)

It takes the inner man and puts him on the outside where he can be seen.

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01/10/1980 • 0h 29m
original-title

Skin Pics

status

Released

production-companies

Television New Zealand

original-language

English

budget

-

revenue

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A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted history includes visits to tattoo parlours on K' Road and Hastings, and the studios of industry legends Steve Johnson and Roger Ingerton. Tattooists discuss public stigma, people's reasons for getting inked, and popular designs: sailors, serpents, swallows and tā moko. Made for documentary slot Contact, Skin Pics chronicles a time when "folk art has become high art".

director
Geoff Steven
production-countries

New Zealand

spoken-languages

English

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