Hynas to hot stuff

Joshua Marks - The idea quickly turned to an obsession......

my wife and son are now accustomed to me approaching strangers of all kinds, service members, gangsters, homeless, and old timers at the grocery store or swap meet, car shows and on street corners.

A project pursued with passion, photographic documentation of old tattoos, and their origins.

From Hynas to HotStuffs From East Los to Inglewood The Pike to The Penitentiary Redding to Rialto Berdoo to Broadway Bloomington to Boyle Heights And all throughout California

For Over Ten years, l've documented and photographed hundreds, if not, thousands of old tattoos in hopes of preserving them for generations to come, to have a tangible piece of Tattoo history. Lots of these old timers are passing away, this will hopefully keep some of there stories alive.

Anyone can search the internet to find some Tattoos, what shops and cities look like then. This is a first hand look at how the tattoos in the streets look like NOW.

This Nearly 400 page book is a close up Focus on

STRICTLY CALIFORNIA TATTOO CULTURE