Tattoo Nation | LA Ink's Corey Miller Narrated Tattoo Documentary [DVD]

To everyone here that has been posting and stereotyping individuals with tattoos as low class, uneducated, and trashy are simply close minded. I personally have an arm sleeve that reminds me every day to stay in the present moment and enjoy life through spiritual ideals. Yes, I am only in my 20s and I have participated in quite a few irresponsible acts throughout my life. More importantly, I have also backpacked Europe, earned my Bachelors degree, worked for the government, started my own business, and I am currently working towards my PhD. To those "high standard" bosses who are posting they would never hire an individual with tattoos: not only are you ignorant and naive but who would want to work for an immoral boss that degrades fellow humans with stereotyping and judgments anyhow? Get off your high horse and start treating people, potential employees and neighbors alike, with respect. Yes, I have met a lot of indecent humans covered in tattoos living by their own justifications and guidelines, but I have met even more of these drifters that don’t have any tattoos! I have also met a few that sit in your egotistical position eager to abuse their power and trump on someone’s potential because they don’t follow “your” ideals on life. Maybe if you opened your minds and your hearts, life and humans wouldn't always appear to you as negative. If your against tattoos that is completely understandable and is your birth right. But please keep your stereotypes to yourself because it is not us right now that resemble the uneducated fools.

Outside of webisodes or Internet docs there aren't a large amount of tattoo documentaries to personally own physical copies of, but even so Tattoo Nation is an important look at the history of specific tattooers and tattoo culture. Highly recommend for anyone. Whether tattooer, tattoo enthusiast or just someone in the mood for a good doc.

the dvd doesnt work @ all ...it's all scratched ...nothing at all...nothing :-((( obviously it wasn't new as advertised

A great history lesson for the novice and veteran collector. Insightful look into the evolution of black and grey tattooing. Good buy. Well worth the price.

Great film, a must see for all tattoo aficionados, especially those in the industry. Get your historical knowledge up to par. Click buy now, what are you waiting for?

Great film, however the DVD was not attached and when It arrived and it was scratched. It played with a few glitches but not too bad.

Great documentary very informative leaenwd who Ed Hardy was and about the artistic explosion of Tattoo Nation I recommend it

This was a great movied and gave an awesome detailed history of modern tattooing. I have recently had the pleasure of meeting Shanghai Kate and have a beautiful tattoo by her and would recommend this movie and the artists highly.

I have been interested in tattoos since I was sixteen . I am now 42 and my interest is now more than ever . The change in styles is good and the actual history element is really interesting to watch . Narrated by the great black and grey tattooist Corey Miller just rounds it off . To all tattoo fans who want to know how things went from sailors getting them done in ports to ami james and kat von D in tv programmes then this is a good place to start . I recommend this highly

Muy bueno, ya lo había visto antes y no había podido conseguirlo hasta ahora, sin duda es bueno para entender la raíz y evolución del black and gray y la historia del tatuaje en esta parte del planeta, si aún lo han visto comprenlo sin dudar!

Thoroughly enjoyed the history portrayed in the film. The artwork was fantastic. A must for tattoo fans & art lovers alike.

Firstly, I personally think it should be named 'black and grey tattoo nation'. It's a fairly one sided view on a fraction of tattooing from the black and grey side of things. But to be fair, a film to cater for all tattoo art forms would be a triple disc DVD if not more. As it's purely a film on the birth and progression of black and grey tattooing, I don't think it's for those who are new to the tattooed lifestyle as it could portray black and grey as the no.1 form. Traditional, Japanese, tribal and new school are a few others most definitely not to be ignored. Besides from this minor fault in film title, it very inspiring. To see how tattooing icons such as Jack Rudy and Freddy Negrete started in the business with their style all those years ago in a very underground (in some areas illegal) scene, makes you kind of wish it was still behind closed doors. But it's the way a now highly addictive and popular art form would be expected to go, and Tattoo Nation makes you appreciate what the world has been forced to accept.

Brought this for a Christmas gift. As I know they are tattoo lovers, sure they will love it, came very quick