PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

“SHAMANIC SKIN: THE ART OF MAGICAL TATTOOS”

Photograph © Lars Krutak

For thousand years people have practiced tattooing, not only to beautify themselves but to please the spirits which inhabit their world and provide charms against danger.

Anthropologist Dr. Lars Krutak has traveled the globe, meeting indigenous people to learn about their unique tattoos and the magical beliefs behind them.

The striking photographic images presented in convention tell the story of these largely vanishing art forms and the tribal beliefs associated with them before they disappear from view.

Photograph © Lars Krutak