Women in the Tattoo Subculture
The series, consisting of 21 portraits of women, explores the
fluctuating periphery between exhibitionism and marginalization
through the ritualized practice of tattooing. Bertucci's portraits
reveal psychological tensions between the pursuit of inner conviction
and a desire to seek out trends. In order to examine this contemporary
subculture, Bertucci travelled to various tattoo conventions in the
United States and abroad, photographing women between 19 and 59 years
old both in her studio and on location. Here, she chooses to frame the
subjects in simple, timeless poses that formally accentuate the female
figure and at the same time poetically delineate their illustrious
tattoos.
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