In this April 18, 2019 photo, tattoo artist Lalo Calva inks a tattoo on client Adrian Alonso Rodriguez, a journalist, announcer and dubbing artist, at the Corona Tattoo parlor in Mexico City. Not only inks and techniques have changed in Mexico over the years, but tattoos themselves have evolved from stigmatized symbols of gangs, violence and poverty to an art form. It is not only inks and techniques that have changed in Mexico over the years. Daruma works with a half-dozen tattoo artists on the second floor of a building in Mexico City’s colonial core. With 75% of his body covered in tattoos, he’s also focused on perforations and body modifications.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 17:48 UTC