Following the success of Volume 1, this second installment of Akos Banfalvi’s irresistible Ink ‘N Girls series continues to reveal facts about the lives of beautiful women adorned with vibrant ink. Interviews delve into the minds of gorgeous and thoughtful tattoo models from around the world, revealing stories of pain and glory, resilience and triumph, growth and transformation. Eighteen models from all walks of life open up to the veteran photojournalist, sharing tales of their rise to modeling royalty and intriguing details about their personal lives, favourite tattoo artists, and thoughts on tattoo and body modification culture in the past, present, and future.
AUTHOR: Akos Banfalvi is a well-known Hungarian journalist and principal contributor of magazines like Hungarian Tattoo Magazine and Tattoo Galeria. Everything began with his love for rock music. Akos started his career as a music journalist during his teens and soon became principal contributor for Hungarian RockinforM Magazine. He worked for this magazine for more than 15 years, and during this period, wrote six successful books about bands like Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Junkies, Hungarian melodic rock band Hooligans, etc. In addition to these he worked for years as a host and editor for different rock/metal radio and television programs. Later his interest turned more and more towards tattoos, and now he is living for this kind of art. He started working for Hungarian Tattoo Magazine in the Summer of 2007. Since then he has contributed interviews every month with tattooed bands, tattoo photographers, tattoo artists, tattooed models, and other artists from all around the world for two different Hungarian tattoo magazines. Akos also works occasionally for the English tattoo magazine Total Tattoo and US digital tattoo magazine InkSpired.
308 colour photographs