Kane’s left leg is encircled with highly coloured Iron Maiden
inspired images and his right leg is a riot of jungle animals –
a giraffe, an elephant, a chimpanzee among others – inked
in browns, beiges and blacks. His left arm is completely
covered in pictures of skulls and other macabre artefacts
while, anachronistically, his right arm is covered with a
design of flowers in brilliant shades of yellow, red and green.
Kane was 22 years old when I photographed him and, when
he first expressed an interest in having tattoos, his father,
Marc, tried to dissuadehim. When Kane wouldn’t be
deterred, Marc – a tattoo artist – bowed to the inevitable and
did the job himself.
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