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Body art: Meeting of the Marked tattoo convention inks three decades of skin design

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop
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Tattoo artist Duke Miller works on a piece for client Lori Cairns of Greensburg inside his studio, Old Skool Tattoo Company, in Greensburg on Aug. 31.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand tattoos shop apprentice Brandon Turner at True Image Tattoo in New Kensington on Aug. 30.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand (right) chats with shop apprentice Brandon Turner as he tattoos him inside True Image Tattoo in New Kensington on Aug. 30.
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Tattoo artist Duke Miller, 70, inside his Greensburg studio, Old Skool Tattooing Company.
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Tattoo artist Duke Miller works on a piece for client Lori Cairns of Greensburg inside his studio, Old Skool Tattoo Company, in Greensburg on Aug. 31.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand inside True Image Tattoo in New Kensington.
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Tattoo artist Tim Azinger touches up a tattoo on the arm of client Judi Little of Castle Shannon inside his studio, Pinnacle Tattoo, in Dormont on Aug. 30.
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This year’s Meeting of the Marked convention logo (top right) and various other designs from events in the ‘90s are seen in convention organizer Tim Azinger’s shop, Pinnacle Tattoo, in Dormont.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand tattoos shop apprentice Brandon Turner inside True Image Tattoo in New Kensington on Aug. 30.
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Tattoo artist and Meeting of the Marked convention organizer Tim Azinger with a poster for the first convention in 1993 at his shop, Pinnacle Tattoo, in Dormont.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand tattoos shop apprentice Brandon Turner inside True Image Tattoo in New Kensington on Aug. 30.
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Tattoo artist Duke Miller talks to client Lori Cairns of Greensburg about adding to an existing tattoo inside his Greensburg studio, Old Skool Tattoo Company.
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Tattoo artist Tim Azinger is reflected in a mirror as he touches up a tattoo on the arm of client Judi Little of Castle Shannon inside his studio, Pinnacle Tattoo, in Dormont.
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Tattoo artist Fuz Brand inside True Image Tattoo in New Kensington.
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Tattoo artist Duke Miller, 70, inside his studio, Old Skool Tattooing Co., in Greensburg.
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Courtesy of Mark Perrott Photography
The cover image of the book “Tattoo Witness” is of Steve in 1981 and was made at Shotsie Gorman’s tattoo parlor in Union City, N.J.

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