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EAN13
9780955006197
Éditeur
THAMES DISTR
Date de publication
20 octobre 2008
Dimensions
20 x 12,6 x 2,5 cm
Poids
440 g

Russian Criminal Tattoo Tome Iii

Baldaev, Danzig; Vas

THAMES DISTR

Prix public : 32,00 €

This is the final volume of drawings and photographs from Danzig Baldaev and Sergei Vasiliev, which completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev documented over three thousand tattoos during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of this esoteric world was reported to the KGB who unexpectedly supported him, realising the importance of being able to establish facts about convicts by reading the images on their bodies. The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes, ranging from violence and pornography to politics and alcohol. The illustrated criminals of Russia tell the tale of their closed society. With an introduction by historian Alexander Sidorov, exploring the origin of Russian criminal tattoos and their meaning today.
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