I’ve explained to you before what my opinion is on tattoos, and I haven’t changed my mind. I see a tattoo as a way to remember something, maybe to communicate a message with others or yourself. A message that is valuable and important to you and by eternalizing it becomes a form of poetry. So no fake tattoos for me, no too fashionable tattoos either. I’ve been toying with a couple ideas lately but I haven’t made up my mind yet, so for now I’m just looking at pretty tattoos on others. I’m in love with the work of Stanislava Pinchuk, a designer known as Miso, who tattoos her friends at home with delicate constellations and flora (as seen in number 1, 2 and 3) in exchange for a drawing, a dinner… Other favorites are the skyline, a perfect way to remember a favorite city (as seen in number 4) and the literary tattoo that is part of Shelley Jackson’s Skin project (as seen in number 8). This is a story published exclusively in tattoos, 2095 tattoos for 2095 volunteers. It can never be read in its proper order, but the story exists out there. It reminds me of the Human Rights Tattoo, a project where volunteers donate one square centimeter to a letter of the human rights declaration. For more tattoo inspiration, take a look at my pinterest board.
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PPS. I’m selling some clothes on Flemish facebookpage Louvintage, take a look at what I’m selling here. It’s in Dutch and aimed at Belgian girls, but if you’re really interested in something you can always send me an email.
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Seascapes is a series by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. In 1980, he began to photograph the sea and its horizon all over the world, with an old-fashioned large format camera and varying exposures. He describes his work as ‘time exposed’, a time capsule for a series of events in time, in this case up to 3 hours of sea in one image. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know I’m fascinated with seascapes myself (see a selection of mine on the 
Chassé Park Apartments, Breda, by XDGA