Books : Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.65086927094721
EAN: 9780955006128
ISBN: 0955006120
Label: Fuel Publishing
Manufacturer: Fuel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Fuel Publishing
Release Date: June 01, 2006
Studio: Fuel Publishing
Sales Rank: 297528
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Danzig Baldaevís father was an academic, an ethnologist who found himself imprisoned under Soviet rule as an enemy of the people. In fact much of Baldaevís family moved through the Soviet prison system, while he became a guard. At his father's suggestion, he used his access to document and study the tattoos that were pervasive among the truly criminal portion of the prison population, the vory v zakonye, or legitimate thieves, a semi-professional class who keep their own brutal laws. During his 30 years supervising inmates in St. Petersburgís notorious Kresty Prison, Baldaev recorded over 3,000 of their tattoos and parsed their meaning--the nihilistic creativity of a closed society--in the drawings and text that made the first volume of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia a bestseller. This essential second volume, which collects all new, previously unseen photographs and drawings, goes to the extremes of his incredible collection. Sergei Vasilievís photographs authenticate the images, Baldaev's drawings make sense of them, and through them both we glimpse an extraordinary world where the criminalís position, history and even sexual preference are displayed indelibly on his body, and that marked body serves as a passport into the underworld.
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Illustrations, photos, and written components in this book are all highly intriguing, culturally charged, and compelling. Loved it.
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and you'll begin to get an idea of the contents of this amazing book. The "Vory v zakone" (literally "thieves in law")are Russia's criminal underworld and their existence dates back to the days of Tsarist prisons. They have their own elaborate set of laws, their own culture, and each thief's professional resume is tattooed on his body.
The author of this book, a former Russian prison guard, spent years documenting these tattoos and unraveling their meanings, and in the process has ... Read More
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This is the real deal. Filled with illustrations of tattoos and their meanings. This is not a fluffy book with happy hearts and tribal motifs. It is gritty, nasty, often explicit tattoos from the prisons in Russia.
As a tattooed guy who spends a lot of time over there, it is also a valuable reference.
My only regret is that there aren't more photos. Much of the book is drawings ... good ones... but I would like to see a lot more photographs of the people.
Perhaps ... Read More
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Excellent photos and artwork with clear, concise explanations. An excellent collector's item, but not really a suggested "coffee table" book. There's quite a bit of nudity, graphic political and sexual imagery, and one heaping dose of harsh reality.
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Great original photography and a whole new look at tattoos...super raw, but oh so cool....not your average tattoo book....but a must own..
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