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Tatooed couple

Photograph
1974 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Polaroid (publisher)
Shinoyama, Kishin (photographers)
Place of origin
Lucerne (canton) (printed)

Monochrome print on photographic paper in a card mount depicting a heavily tatooed man and woman inside a Japanese tattoo house. The woman is naked facing the camera with her hands on her hips. The man is facing away from the camera, wearing traditional japanese underwear, bending over towards the woman with his right arm on his right thigh. The photographers name is printed under the image on the left.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Body Art
Object type
Photograph
TitleTatooed couple (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photography
Brief description
Photographic print by Kishin Shinoyama, 'tatooed couple', 1974
Physical description
Monochrome print on photographic paper in a card mount depicting a heavily tatooed man and woman inside a Japanese tattoo house. The woman is naked facing the camera with her hands on her hips. The man is facing away from the camera, wearing traditional japanese underwear, bending over towards the woman with his right arm on his right thigh. The photographers name is printed under the image on the left.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 508mm
  • Mount width: 405mm
Marks and inscriptions
'[Photographers signature in Japanese] Feb 20. 74' (Handwritten in ink on paper below image.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Associated object
RPS.3165-2018 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • ABL P12 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 15568 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.3165:1-2018

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Record createdAugust 9, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1457888/tatooed-couple-photograph-shinoyama-kishin/
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