All you need to make a simple camera obscura is a box that contains an opening on one side, where light can pass through. When the light passes through the hole, an image is captured upside down on an opposite surface. The intricate process of building your own camera and revealing the images is equally as artistic and intimate as getting a tattoo. Both capture precious moments, one on the skin and the other on photographic paper. Time stops when this special moment is captured and every single time you gaze at the image or ink on your body you will be reminded of times long past.
As you skim through a photo album, you are instantly reminded of the precious stories and the feeling of nostalgia swells up, but nothing takes you back more vividly than a tattoo that took pain and effort to be completed. The colors, designs, and location spell a chapter in your life’s story. These discreet and elegant designs may encapsulate a lesson, a great love, a memorable night, a dream, and even a loss. As the needle pierces your skin, it stays with you until your story comes to a close.
Let your imagination take flight, there are countless ways of making a statement with just a simple design. With discreet black ink or with the bright colors of an artist’s palette, you can encapsulate the parting words of a loved one, or a single pivotal moment that completely changed the course of your life. Today, we wish to recognize these small details and these elegant and discreet tattoos that speak louder than words. Only you can know the pain and the meaning behind each line and shape on your skin.
Life is a convoluted web of experiences and emotions, so when we encounter this simplicity, we cling to it. Geometric, concrete, abstract, and asymmetrical shapes conform to the curves of your body and inhabit the skin to perfection.
Celestial bodies, flowers, poems, and any shape that comes to your mind can be the perfect reflection of the meaning you wish to engrave on your skin. The beginning and the end are defined by these spaces and shapes that were designed with you in mind.
Your past, present, and future are poured into this engraving. A tattoo forms part of all the little things on your skin that make you unique: your wrinkles, your curves, freckles, and scars.
Nando Tatto is the name of the studio in charge of breathing life into these memorable experiences. With clear cut lines, stunning color work, discreet designs, and elegant etchings, these tattoos become a photographic impression on the skin. Each image represents an important date, a fleeting emotion, a special moment that is worth remembering. Each time you see a tattoo such as the ones profiled today, you will know what that person is wearing on their skin hides a precious story, and perhaps, one day they will open up and share it with you.