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1. INKED Magazine Open Casting Call

   17.Jul.08, 14:53 EDT
   
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   INKED Magazine Open Casting Call
   
   Attention all Women with Tattoos in the NYC, NJ, PA and surrounding areas!
   
   INKED Magazine is holding an open casting call for real women and models with tattoos on August 2 in New York City. If you are over 18 and interested, please come looking your best as we will be taking photos for a potential model appearance in an upcoming issue of INKED. 10-20 will be hand picked by the INKED art department for a spread in an upcoming issue.
   
   WHERE: KM Studio. 385 Broadway, New York City.
   
   WHEN: Sat. August 2nd at 12pm-5pm. Doors open at 12pm sharp.
   
   DIRECTIONS: 385 Broadway Between Walker and White Streets (2 Blocks south of Canal St).

2. Inked New York Party Pictures

   29.May.08, 01:16 EDT
   
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   Party pictures are up in the community section!
   

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   Visions in blood and ink: the return of Maori tattoo at the Peabody Essex Museum

   25.Mar.08, 19:21 EDT
   
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   Visions in blood and ink: the return of Maori tattoo at the Peabody Essex Museum
   
   Salem, Mass. — On February 23, the Peabody Essex Museum will open a remarkable exhibition of moko, the facial and body tattooing of Maori, New Zealand’s indigenous people. Thirty large-format portraits by award-winning photographer Hans Neleman and related 19thcentury and contemporary Maori woodcarvings explore this tattoo tradition.
   
   The decision to wear moko is a major commitment and involves the subject’s family and iwi (tribe). Enhancing the contours of the face and body, each moko design is unique, belonging to the individual physically and intellectually, and may take years to create. Kimiora Ereatara Hohua shared part of her story with Neleman: “The bottom of the design [on my chin] represents my mountains, the sides my whakapapa, the curls at my lips my children, and the top spirals each side of my family.”

   “Each image represents the strength and pride of Maori triumphing over an inequitable past,” said Hans Neleman. “They reveal majestic faces marked with permanent lines – lines of sacred heritage, of cultural commitment, of visual poetry and of personal pain. It is the revival of a tradition, the promise of Maori future inspired by the beauty of Maori past.”

   About the Photographer

   Hans Neleman is a New York-based photographer whose work has appeared in exhibitions worldwide. He has received numerous awards, including Photographer of the Year from American Photograph magazine, Kodak Young Photographer of the Year, and an Image Bank Award from Getty Images which resulted in the collection of Maori moko photographs that constitute this stunning exhibition. Media partners for Body Politics are The Boston Phoenix and 101.7 WFNX. Additional Support provided by New Trade Winds/ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations), administered by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. Image captions (from top):

   Piri (Dave) Iti, 1998. Photograph by Hans Neleman, © Hans Neleman and Piri (Dave) Iti. Kimiora Ereatara Hohua, 1998. Photograph by Hans Neleman, © Hans Neleman and Kimiora Ereatara Hohua.

   About the Peabody Essex Museum

   The Peabody Essex Museum presents art and culture from New England and around the world. The museum's collections are among the finest of their kind, showcasing an unrivaled spectrum of American art and architecture (including four National Historic Landmark buildings) and outstanding Asian, Asian Export, Native American, African, Oceanic,