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Archiving, Documenting, and Contextualizing body modification history, culture, and ephemera since 1993. http://bodymodificationarchive.com
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Nodal Points 6, the latest edition of our ongoing exploration into the history, culture, and evolution of modern body modification. This issue brings together a diverse range of voices, each offering unique insight into the world of extreme body mod, ritual, & history.

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This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven

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Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.

Very excited about this series!
1971 if I’m remembering correctly. But there’s a big surge after this film was released; Sailor Sid, Alan Oversby, etc
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Every time I think Ive found the oldest ass flame tattoo, I find one that pre-dates it. It's such a wonderful design.
the cover illo is by our pal @savagesal.bsky.social - who I owe a copy to!
for folks who attended and those who couldn't. Shipping internationally from Blurb!
On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion.

This book serves as a lecture companion...
Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter | Blurb Books
Find Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter at Blurb Books. Compiled as a companion to his August 2025 lecture at BMXNet in Berlin, Germany, this 8...
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Patrick's favorite bar, The Ambush (1973-1986, SF) 🔻 Poster NFS • Artwork by Chuch Arnett • Photos by @bradleyroberge.bsky.social • 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝑜ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄᴀ • 4077A 18th St at Castro • (415) 861-5787 • email [email protected]
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.

This was from the second event.

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We’re proud to announce that the film’s international premiere will be at the Gaze Film Festival in Dublin (July 2025). We are excited to take our film overseas! 🎥 Also! You can stream the film WORLDWIDE July 26-30 via frozenfilmfestival.com
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Fired up the VCR today for some conversion. This cassette is likely from 1981 and features Bill Mokry.

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Queer history. Tattoo history. Queer tattoo history.
Little rough teaser - still working on dropping some text in it any trying to work Cliff Raven in somehow- for my August lecture on queer tattooing history.

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Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s

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Test copies of my book of photos from the London Tattoo Society event arrived and I’m absolutely delighted with them
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!

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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.

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A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978.

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#septumpiercing #bodyart
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding.

Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture.

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