The Mammoth Book of Tattoos

Roughly one in ten people in Britain and the United States now wears a tattoo, and that boom has brought a new generation of skilled artists while pigments and machines have improved. This large volume gathers the finest recent work, presented through five hundred full-colour photographs. The pictures cover many approaches, from bold tribal bands and East Asian lettering to soft airbrushed pieces and full-body coverage, with small single motifs included too. Several working tattooists from television shows and London studios appear among the featured artists, and the collection shows how each design suits the person who carries it.