The naked truth! Tattooed men and women strip off｜「刺青的藝術」，表達自我認同的時尚符號

A captivating new photo series reveals the colorful tattoos coating people's bodies underneath their clothes.
Vancouver-based photographer Spencer Kovats took portraits of 30 inked men and women before and after they had peeled back layers of clothing and juxtaposed the two images side-by-side.

過去一向被拿來與犯罪、流氓等負面字眼畫上等號的「刺青」，如今已逐漸轉變為一種表達自我認同的方式，進而成為時尚流行符號。刺青背後有許多原因，可能它是對於個人極具意義或紀念價值的文字或圖騰，亦或只是單純想耍帥、跟隨潮流。

溫哥華攝影師 Spencer Kovats 最近請到30位刺青男女，為他們拍攝了一系列生活照與露出刺青照的對比，呈現出驚人的效果。