“Facial tattoos now represent individuality, creativity, aesthetics, transformation and spirituality.”
Photographer Mark Leaver has tried to challenge some of the negative stereotypes surrounding face tattoos with a series of photos involving those with the inking.
Mark Leaver
He said tattoos had never been more popular, in part because of the way celebrities had made them fashionable.
Mark Leaver
However, Leaver said the usual tattoos did not interest him, it was "facial tattoos which grabbed me and the direct confrontational nature of them".
Mark Leaver
"People associate facial tattoos with a number of negative things including suicide rates, criminality and depression," he said.
Mark Leaver
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