A Keynote presentation slide. The photo (on the right) features a shirtless man in a dixie cup style sailor's cap, and a full back tattoo of Icarus. He's tattooing the "taint" of another man.
Lecture slide!
Sailor Sid Diller tattooed Jack Yount's "taint" with a flame; 1980s. I'll be discussing Jack and Sid's friendship in this summer's Yount100 talks
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Two specimen cups- one with a green lid, one a red lid. A black bar covers the contents, with a graphic reading JACK YOUNT THE MISSING PIECES; EVOLUTION OF A SUBCULTURE 01.
I feel like this is one of the less subtle "coming soon" graphics I've ever made.
August 2026.
Sid went to the west coast in 1982- got tattooed by Cliff, Hardy, and attended the Queen Mary convention.
I have a photo from this session! Love that piece Cliff put on Sid.
It was taken in 1982.
Man pushing his finger through his stretched pierced tongue. photo by Philip Barbosa, 1999
Olivier L, 1999.
Photo by Philip Barbosa. Modcon.
book cover for INDELIBLE IDENTITIES 01: A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING. it features a tattoo design of a swallow (bird) and heart, with the word QUEER in the banner. The author is Shawn Porter.
Page from book featuring a tattooed man.
www.blurb.com/books/125078...
In August I gave a lecture on the under-documented influence of queer tattoo artists & collectors in modern (1950s-1980s) tattooing.
This book covers the introduction & tattooer/pornographer JD of TRASH fame.
It's 25% off thru Dec 11th with code GIVINGTUES25
This is after his 1982 West Coast trip where he got that killer black work on his stomach from Raven.
I put together a fun little 20 page photo zine as part of a Secret Santa exchange; no spoilers but it's tied to my Indelible Identities series on queer tattoo history. Shhh.
You oughta reprint those!
Larry Copeland hosted a gathering of tattoo and piercing fans at his Hoboken, NJ residence in 1974/5.
In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
Dave Slack was a queer tattoo artist who worked in NYC in the 1970s/80s. He appeared in the legendary gay xxx video "NYC INFERNO" (playing a tattoo artist).
This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.
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A fully tattooed body with a banner blurring his penis reading NSFMeta
This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven
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A square graphic- it features a piercing needle and captive bead ring in the background; the foreground text reads: evolution of a subculture 01: Jack Yount. Presented by Shawn Porter & Brian Skellie. 2026
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.
Very excited about this series!
1971 if I’m remembering correctly. But there’s a big surge after this film was released; Sailor Sid, Alan Oversby, etc
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Every time I think Ive found the oldest ass flame tattoo, I find one that pre-dates it. It's such a wonderful design.
Buttflames!
the cover illo is by our pal @savagesal.bsky.social - who I owe a copy to!
for folks who attended and those who couldn't. Shipping internationally from Blurb!
On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion.
This book serves as a lecture companion...
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A large group of people facing the camera.
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
Graphic advertising two lectures in August 2025; BMXNet Shawn Porter Indelible Identities 01- John Dagion and Evolution of a Subculture 03 Scar Wars
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
A smiling tattooed and pierced woman with decorative cutting on her chest.
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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We’re proud to announce that the film’s international premiere will be at the Gaze Film Festival in Dublin (July 2025). We are excited to take our film overseas! 🎥 Also! You can stream the film WORLDWIDE July 26-30 via frozenfilmfestival.com
Fired up the VCR today for some conversion. This cassette is likely from 1981 and features Bill Mokry.
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Queer history. Tattoo history. Queer tattoo history.
Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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Test copies of my book of photos from the London Tattoo Society event arrived and I’m absolutely delighted with them
A shirtless, tattooed man with pierced nipples
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
