Lew the Jew Alberts

Lew the Jew Alberts
Author: Don Ed Hardy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2015-05-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780945367833

The original creator of tattoo "flash" was largely unknown. Now a private collection of works by this Jewish tattooer from New York, "Lew the Jew" Alberts, has come to light. Around 1905 he was the first to make these design sheets commercially available, as well as developing the electric tattoo machine. His previously unpublished and rare original tattoo artwork is being published as a tattoo flash collection for the first time. Albert Kurzman (1880-1954) aka Lew the Jew was one of America s most influential tattoo artists at the beginning of the 20th century. Operating primarily on New York s Bowery, Lew constructed some of the earliest electric tattoo machines, and was the first to design and market printed design sheets to other tattooers. His artwork in these flash displays codified the repertoire of American tattooing, and many are still in use today. This first book to document this amazing man presents over 150 drawings. Included in these is correspondence between Al and two of his closest confidants, San Francisco Bay Area tattooers Brooklyn Joe Lieber and C.J. Pop Eddy. These candid fragments provide a vivid sense of a hardboiled, secretive world. Additional business cards, vintage tattoo photographs, and previously unknown biographical data illuminate the then-shadowy business of skin art. This material laid the ground for the avalanche of tattooing that permeates the world today.

Flash from the Past

Flash from the Past
Author: D.E. Hardy
Publisher: Hardy Marks Publications
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1995-03-01
Genre: Tattoing
ISBN: 9780945367130

Tonne Goodman: Point of View

Tonne Goodman: Point of View
Author: Tonne Goodman
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1683355091

Throughout her illustrious career, Tonne Goodman has made the famous stylish and the stylish famous. The Vogue fashion director has not only shaped the way women dress and see themselves, but she has also created a nexus in which the worlds of celebrity and style continually collide. Now, in Point of View, Goodman’s life and career are explored for the first time. Organized chronologically, this book charts Goodman’s career from her modeling days, to her freelance fashion reportage, to her editorial and advertising work, through to her reign at Vogue. The editor’s recollections of some of the world’s greatest photographers, models, celebrities, and designers of our time are illustrated throughout, with behind-the-scenes fashion photos and shots of Goodman’s personal life.

Designed by Percy Waters

Designed by Percy Waters
Author: Roman Komarov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Tattoo artists
ISBN: 9780991246618

A book of vintage tattoo flash made by the tattoo supply company of tattooer Percy Waters.

Hero-Type

Hero-Type
Author: Barry Lyga
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2009-01-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547348770

Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic “Support the Troops” ribbons from his car bumper. Now the town that lauded him as a hero turns on him, calling him unpatriotic. Kevin, who hadn't thought much about it up to then, becomes politcially engaged, suddenly questioning what exactly supporting the troops or even saying the pledge of allegiance every day means.

Floating West

Floating West
Author: Nick York
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Tattoo artists
ISBN: 9781737549208

A gorgeous, full-scale reproduction of a rare, early 20th century book of Japanese tattoo designs. Accompanied by a lushly illustrated introductory essay detailing the book's mysterious origins and curious history. Around 1900, during the late Meiji era, an anonymous Japanese tattoo artist painted dozens of extraordinary tattoo designs on the silk pages of a small homemade book: writhing, bearded dragons; elegant geishas; eagles and snakes locked in midair combat; meticulously observed cranes on the wing; a spider in his web, awaiting prey. Within a decade, this enigmatic volume had become the prized possession of an Arkansas farmer and amateur tattooer whose travels never took him beyond the South Central states. Floating West reproduces the original book of designs in its entirety, making a singular object of tattoo history available to artists, enthusiasts, and historians worldwide.

Traditional American Tattoo Design

Traditional American Tattoo Design
Author: Jerry Swallow
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764329135

The evolution of tattoo art in America is spread before you in 265 impressive original tattoo flash sheets and insightful text written by a tattoo artist who has designed on his own since 1960. Military, religious, figural, animal, and nature themes are displayed among the many hundred designs. Changes in tattoo art over the years is shown as well as the trend today to return to earlier designs. Individual artists are listed, along with others who altered designs. This book will be an endless source of inspiration, for those who are passionate about tattoo art.

Drawings for Tattoos Volume 4

Drawings for Tattoos Volume 4
Author: Kahlil Rintye
Publisher: Drawings for Tattoos
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780945367260

This latest addition to Hardy Marks' series features the amazing artwork of San Francisco's Kahlil Rintye, one of the most sophisticated practitioners advancing the possibilities of the medium.