You can find the selection of photographs available for sale in the 'shop' tab of the menu.

About the prints

  • The photographs are available as gelatin silver prints, made from the original negatives, supplied directly by the rights holders and in agreement with them.
  • They are made by hand by Pierluigi ‘Pilou’ Giannetti (photo), one of the last French master printers of black and white photography. This manual intervention makes each photograph unique.
  • All images available are printed in the following formats: 11,8 x 11,8 inches ; 19,6 x 19,6 inches (30 x 30 cm; 50 x 50 cm) on baryta paper.
  • All phographs are open edition prints. Each is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
  • The photographs are also available in 1m x 1m format. If you are interested, please contact us by sending an email to: info@thetattoowriter.com.
  • Shipping in France, Europe and Worldwide. Shippings costs are the customer’s expense, VAT included. Please note that the prices are displayed “excluding any custom duties”.

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Pilou, the French printer of Akimitsu Takagi's photographs of tattooing in Japan in the 1950s ©PBagot