Brief Encounters by HANS FAHRMEYER

Hans Fahrmeyer has done it again creating an incredible new video, Brief Encounter. Be sure to watch closely as it includes Hans work with Philip Fusco, Rowan Pierce, Nick Ayler and many other FH Favorites! Be sure to check it out below. If you have not checked out Hans new site you can find it HERE:

DADT -Part 2- by Hans Fahrmeyer

Last October I posts part 1 of Hans Fahrmeyer's Don't Ask Don't Tell themed shots. (check out that post HERE:) With yesterdays historic (and long overdue) vote Hans sent on some new shots to celebrate.



If you have tried to click on Hans site lately you might have noticed it has been down. Hans is back with a brand new site, with new layout and tons of new features and photos. Please be sure to check it out HERE:

Today marks #50 in the Sundays With Hans series and I want to send out a special thank you to Hans for all his contributions to FH over the past several years. Many readers email me when a weekend passes without any SWH and I know they are a favorite feature for many!

INKED -Part 2- by Hans Fahrmeyer

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-Inked: Part 2-


"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods."

Last Sunday I posted Part 1 of photographer Hans Fahrmeyer's INKED series. (check out that post HERE:) Here is the second part of the series. Thanks again Hans for sharing your work with FH!

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INKED by Hans Fahrmeyer

-Sunday With Hans-
-Inked-

"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods."

The quote above comes from the 2002 documentary 'The Vanishing Tattoo' in which tattoo artist Thomas Lockart despairs over the state of modern tattooing. Lockart journeyed the globe to study the Japanese, American, and tribal tattoo masters, absorbing the expertise along the way.



Whether you agree with Lockart (that 'a hundred and forty nine bucks gets you a tattoo gun by mail order') it is clear that tattoos certainly turn the invisible, the skin, into something visible, often colorful that draws the gaze of others to it.

In each of these shots by Hans Fahrmeyer the tattoo becomes not just a part of the photo but instead Hans makes it the focus, with the model, a vehicle to display it.

Thanks again Hans for sharing your work with FH!

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"A genuine tattoo.... tells a story. I like stories and tattoos, no matter how well done, and if they don't tell a story that involves you emotionally, then they're just there for decoration, then they're not a valid tattoo. There has to be some emotional appeal or they're not, to my way of thinking, a real tattoo. It tells people what you are and what you believe in, so there's no mistakes."
~Leo, tattooist, 1993, quoted in Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription, 2000