Photographers And Their Tattoos
Posted on September 2nd, 2013
The summer is over, and once more it seems like it almost never happened. I thought it would be fun to do a post about photographers and their ink. With so many photographers tattooed, I wondered if they had photo-related ink. Here’s some of what I found. They are in order: Meg Griffiths, Roger May, Jason Landry/Panopticon, Hye-Ryoung Min, Clay Patrick McBride, Trent Nelson, Jacklyn Michele, Gabriel Thompson, Christophe Dillinger, Zak Neumann, Destry Jaimes, Jordan Baumgarten, Heather Oelklaus, Markus Hartel, David Rangel, Brian Espinosa, John Frenzel
![Camera Wrist Tattoo](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Meg-Griffiths-copy-299x450.jpg)
![Roger May tatoo](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Roger-May-tatoo1-450x333.png)
![Jason Landry:Panopticon](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jason-LandryPanopticon1-394x450.jpg)
![Hye-Ryoung Min](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Hye-Ryoung-Min-450x340.jpg)
![clay patrick mcbride](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/clay-patrick-mcbride-450x450.jpg)
![Trent Nelson leica tattoo](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Trent-Nelson-450x277.jpg)
![Jacklyn Michele](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jacklyn-Michele--450x337.jpg)
![Gabriel Thompson1](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Gabriel-Thompson1-450x450.jpeg)
![Christophe Dillinger](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Christophe-Dillinger-450x335.png)
![Zak Neumann2](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Zak-Neumann2-379x450.png)
![Destry Jaimes twitter](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Destry-Jaimes-twitter-450x450.jpg)
![Jordan Baumgarten2](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jordan-Baumgarten2-337x450.jpeg)
![Heather Oelklaus2](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Heather-Oelklaus2-450x336.png)
![Markus Hartel's Hands](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Markus_Hartel_2170.4stella-337x450.jpg)
![oh snap small](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/oh-snap-small-450x379.jpg)
![Brian Espinosa](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Brian-Espinosa-300x450.jpg)
![MyTat John Frenzel tattoo](https://stellakramer.com/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MyTat-450x450.jpg)
I love what Hye-Ryoung Min wrote to me about her tattoo:
“I got it as a birthday gift to myself in 2008. It has two meanings.
First it is a box with a pinhole, which is the basic form of a camera. Second, my tattoo is a reference to the box drawn by the pilot in Saint-Exupery’s “Little Prince.” As the Little Prince is free to see the sheep in any way he prefers, a camera is simply a box to contain my imagination.
I see this tattoo whenever I photograph. It is on my left arm and its shape becomes perfect only when I hold my camera with the right hand, and my left extends to support the lens barrel.”
If I didn’t get a photo of yours, send it along and I’ll add it in.
Tagged: christophe dillinger, clay patrick mcbride, destry jaimes, gabriel thompson, heather oelklaus, hye-ryoung min, jacklyn michele, jason landry, jordan baumgarten, leica, markus hartel, meg griffiths, panopticon, photography, photography tattoos, roger may, stella kramer, stellazine, tattoos, trent nelson, zak neumann