Gang tattoos.

Religious (1):

The Philippines being a Catholic country it is not surprising to see

a lot of religious imagery in the tattoos.

 

Comments

[JJ]

wonderful series of shots of the religious tattoo's, from the talks I have had with various tattoo artists, there pretty popular over here as well

[mimi]

through their tattoos... they're expressing their faith...

[Gérard Méry]

Bientôt Obama pour le vie ?

[pieterbie]

I don't see that happening very fast over here: religious tattoos.

[vera]

le christ endiablé avec de petites cornes, ils ont une bonne dose d humour! :-))

[dennis villegas]

These tattoos make me want to kneel and pray in front of these men...

[kj]

hello sidney, it's a pleasure to be back at your blog. your photojournals are often just the right way for me to spend a rainy weekend afternoon.

i'm due to get myself a small tattoo in honor of last year's birthday...

:)

[Major Tom]

I heard once how these religious tattoos could be also contemplated as amulets, could even sway mortal bullets. I wonder if they're true...

[Ashish Sidapara]

I find the first tattoo very interesting!

[JJ]

some intriguing tattoos in this one, particularly the first one,
greta work, keep them coming

[Craig Wilson]

Love the first tattoo, half devil half Jesus! Nice set of images.

[Share]

Hmm...I wonder what the churches thought of this? I'm just curious.

[Shoshana]

Ugh, pressed the wrong button and it went.

I was just saying that I saw many religious tattoos among my relatives. The crucified ones on the pectorals are usually common.

These are beautiful. I guess tattoo is an artform too.

[luna miranda]

interesting tattoo in the top photo...a two-faced man, good & evil---said to be a mark of deliberate deceptiveness. probably a favorite tattoo of con artists.:D

[jms]

Pour ma part: Ni Dieu, ni maitre !
Alors, quand je vois jusqu'où peut aller l'hystérie religieuse... "Heureux les simples d'esprits, le royaume des cieux leurs appartient!"

[lasiate]

Ah Ah c'est ce qu'on appelle avoir la religion dans la peau! C'est amusant ces peaux comme des feuilles jamais achevés toujours complétés dans la plus grande anarchie

[Doris]

I will never understand how people that end there life committing crimes most if not all against the rules of all religions, can be so religious.

[Zhu]

The Jesus in the first tattoo looks like evil to me! lol

[Kyels]

I guess that's the usual symbol people would use, noh? Even some Chinese here do use the deities that we worship as tattoo characters. Pero, interesting, di ba?

[kimmy]

Jesus and the devil in one tattoo, eh? That's a little creepy.

[Laetirature]

La religion comme une protection, une humanité à fleur de peau ? Je m'excuse Sidney : je ne maîtrise pas l'anglais, alors, plutôt que de l'écorcher... :-)