Lochlan Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I got two pictures sent to me recently that looked like they were straight from 850 Bryant (SF's County Jail) processing area but the person who sent them to me had no idea on any of the history. I couldn't decided where on the tattoo forum I was going to put them as the "Photography of People with Tattoos" was good but didn't seem right. Then the next closes thread was the "Russian Criminal Tattoos" thread but that wasn't a fit as they were clearly American and one was for sure Bay Area specific. I was thinking how cool it would be to see a tattoo picture book of American Prison and County Tattoos. So I've done a l little research and believe I located where they came from, Robert Gumpert, though could be wrong as the two I got weren't on his site but match his style. So while in the process I gathered some more prisoner tattoo pictures and thought it would be cool to have a thread of tattoo pictures of American prisoners in county and/or jail. It would great to get ahold of all the pictures they take of people and their tattoos when processing new inmates to the county/state bed and breakfast. Here's is an article I found on Juxtapoz about one of Robert Gumbert's recent projects: American Prison Tattoos by Robert GumpertMonday December 27, 2010 This post is two-fold. One, we receive many letters from prisoners who are avid readers of Juxtapoz. And two, we like to showcase someone who documents prison art in a classic portrayal like Robert Gumpert has in this series, American Prison Tattoos. Gumpert explores the meanings behind prisoners’ tattoos in Californian penitentiaries with clean black and white photography. As Gumpert explains, "Tattoos may be becoming the norm but before their surge in popularity, tattoos were the province of society’s outcasts: sailors, artists, carnies and outlaws – acting as road maps of their lives: who they were, what they had done, their loves, desires, their sorrows and pains.” Thank you to KoiKoiKoi for the images. More images at their site. Juxtapoz Please share your photos and also if you know of any books. Here is a book I found that looks good: Prison Tattoos nicky papers, kylegrey and SkinheadPete 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Share a cell with number five and your new names BITCH . Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-9258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochlan Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 here are some more tattoo pictures from Robert Gumpert that caught my eye... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-9933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Robson Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 The second photo in the first post isn't an American prison photo. It's Jay Read from Birmingham, UK. jayread.co.uk He's certainly a tough motherfucker, but not American and not in prison in SF. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochlan Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 The second photo in the first post isn't an American prison photo. It's Jay Read from Birmingham, UK. jayread.co.ukHe's certainly a tough motherfucker, but not American and not in prison in SF. Awesome, thanks for informing me. His blog has some cool shit around it from tattoos to travel to fashion to his story to...... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Frog Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 That last guy in the first set of pics looks like an asian Shan McGowan Tight-Lines 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott R Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 yeah definetly some cool stuff till i see a dead baby. Maybe I am overreacting but if I posted that I would be worried that that childs blood would hunt me down and cut off my eyelids and feed me sleeping pills and then torture me. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I love Oakland. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochlan Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 That's gonna leave a scar! calbee 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I love how 3 different people are all taking photos of that Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 You had to. It was one of the gnarliest things I have seen. Thats one hard to kill homie. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/736-prison-and-jail-tattoos/#findComment-10455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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