Tattoos, body art and raves: The 7 most viewed

26 Jan

This year’s standout beauty photo stories centred around body customisation – a shift away from last year’s favour of body optimisation. Whether it was the tattoos scattered across sweaty limbs and torsos in the club, or the body-painted garments crafted by SFX artists like Mab, readers gravitated to work that explored how we can adapt and alter what we already have. Here, we’ve rounded up seven of the best-performing beauty photo stories from 2025. Pace NotesGallery / 17 images Created by photographer Maxime Ballesteros with co-creative direction from Angel Velluto, this shoot reimagines rusted rally cars as living bodies. Ballet dancers, painted by Janina Zais, become peeled lacquer and twisted metal, collapsing the line between wreckage and flesh. Cybersigilism tattoo artistsGallery / 55...

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1 Dec

How young people are using tattoos to connect to

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How young people are using tattoos to connect to

A history of religious tattoos from around the globeGallery / 15 images Elaborate crucifixes, kitschy prayer candles and colourful plastic rosaries – for centuries, Christianity has relied on aesthetics to communicate the Divine, drawing the faithful closer to something greater than themselves. But today, those disconnected from institutional systems are rekindling their personal connection to the sacred, not through pews or prayer halls but instead through tattoos of religious iconography. In recent years, more individuals of faith have begun embracing religious tattoos as personal devotion. “Biblical angels have been my hyperfixation since high school,” says Noella, a 22-year-old artist and practising Catholic. Her tattoo of a throne angel with 44 eyes, and the phrase “fear not” reflects her connection to scripture. “The...

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15 Sep

Logo tattoos: How late capitalism came for our body

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Over the past decade, there’s been a cycle of viral tattoos doing the rounds online – Apple logos on lower backs, Monster Energy logos slapped across biceps, McDonald’s arches as backpieces. Usually, they are accompanied by a “tag someone who would get this” caption and shared by a distant relative on Facebook. But in fact, logo tattoos are far more common than we think. A 2021 report found that Disney was the most tattooed logo globally, with over 474,000 posts, followed by Nintendo and Harley-Davidson. For the most part, these logo tattoos span generations, and are just as likely to be spotted on leathered skin as they are coated in sweat under club strobes. Despite growing criticism of capitalism among younger...

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19 Jan

These flower tattoos are designed to have fun body

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These flower tattoos are designed to have fun body

There was a time period, says tattoo artist Carrie Metz-Caporusso, when every body who sat in her chair expressed a desire for a tattoo on their back – but just once they'd lost some weight first. As someone who's fat with multiple back and tummy tattoos that she loves, these caveats really bothered her. “My tattoos make me feel great about myself and I wanted others to feel that way too,” she says. “I assumed if I could design something just for fat people, that highlighted the things society says is a flaw, possibly I could change some minds.” So she sat down and sketched until she got here up with an idea: roll flowers. The tattoo industry can often be...

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