Firstpublished20yearsago,ModernPrimitivesisstillcalled“thebibleofthetattooing-piercingunderground.“Hereisacelebratoryreprinting,completewithanewintroductionbyoriginaleditor/publisherV.Vale.Interviewswith15tattooandbodymodificationartists.ModernPrimitivesexaminesavividcontemporaryenigma:thegrowingrevivalofhighlyvisual(andsometimesshocking)“primitive“bodymodificationpractices-tattooing,multiplepiercing,andscarification.
