| | Tahiti Tattoos |  | Creators: Raymond Graffe, Michael Tournier, Gian Paolo Barbieri
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Category: Book
Buy New: $89.89
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1096717
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Special Value
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 126
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 10.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 3822877638
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9783822877630
ASIN: 3822877638
Publication Date: March 1998
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Condition: New, great condition
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 Beautiful and Excellent September 18, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I found this book to be more in line for artists and photographers, but I purchased it for the tattoos, informaton on Tahitian tattoos, and ideas for my own. If you are interesed in Pacific culture, tattoos, or artistic photography this book is a must have as it covers ALL these like none other I've seen. Aloha
The most gorgeous pictures of men I have ever seen January 23, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has the most beautiful photographs of men that I have ever seen. The images are sensual and sensitive. That these images are rendered wholely in black and white is also significant. I am not particularly interested in tattoos, and when I saw this book in the bookstore, I wasn't into it. Then I went to Bora Bora and become fascinated by the men who are fire dancers. I have shown this book to my friends and they are all blown away by these images of men and want to go out and buy the book. The images are alluring and evocative, whether you are into tattoos or not. For those who are TOTALLY into this subject, there is another book which I saw in Bora Bora but have not been able to locate on the Internet, called Tatouage, which is in French. It includes detailed documentation and GORGEOUS images of Polynesian tattoos - hundreds of color illustrations.
 quite disappointed January 14, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is good but I got disappointed with some pictures. The reason is that some of those polynesian guys arent really tattooed - those tattoos are FAKE. Pay attention and you'll see some of their designs being erased by the water. So many tattooed people there and he author decided to pick a non-tattooed guy to draw some fake tattoos just to take his pictures, probably because he found those guys handsome. What a shame.
 extremely helpful February 2, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for a cultural anthropology class I took last semester. After examining the work, I then decided to use it as a source for a paper, in which I received an "A." The photographs of tattoos were both visually stimulating and inspiring, yet females should be included as a comparison for tattoo styles. Equal photographs (or any at all) of women's tattoos would indeed be a great help, and a joy to admire.
Tahiti Tatoos March 12, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is quite beautifully done in a sepia coloring with artfully done photography of tatoos with a narrative of the history of tatoos throughout Tahiti and Polynesia
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