Tattoo You, Body Art Expo Inks in San Francisco

This weekend was the annual Body Art Expo held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. It was great to see the different types of tattoos and body art and I was amazed at the detail in some of the ink jobs. I mean some of tattoos looked like photographs embedded in the skin. They had that much detail. I saw the Three Stooges, Grocho Marks, and other great actors and actresses from yesteryear. I saw butterflys and spiders, one guy was even having at tattoo of the late Pope John Paul tattooed on his right bicep. Now that is devotion. The artists and craft seems to have come a long way with how creative they have become. I was on assignment for Getty Images, Here's a few from the take:
Tattoo artist Kerry Rossi at the Body Art Expo

Nunzio Mausu has the face of Pope John Paul tattooed on his arm Thousands of people are seen at the Body Art Expo at the Cal Palace

Detail of the head of a tattoo artist is seen at the Body Art Expo
Oey works on a tattoo on Dave Dennis at the Body Art Expo
Detail on the leg tattoo of Mike Montoya is seen at the Body Art Expo at the Cal PalaceAshlee Sullivan (L) pierces Courtney Schmidt's lip at the Body Art Expo, Ouch!!

Mike Montoya sits hangs out at the Body Art ExpoDetail on the leg tattoo of Mike Montoya
Mike Montoya watches people get tattooed as people watch him
Extreme body art is seen at the Body Art Expo
Marko Au works on a tattoo on Pat Ruberto at the Body Art Expo
Marko Au works on a tattoo on Pat Ruberto at the Body Art Expo. Marko started the leg tattoo a few months ago at the expo in Sacramento
Marko Au concentrates as he works on a tattoo on Pat Ruberto at the Body Art Expo
Porno Jim of Denver Colorado works on a tattoo for Steve Houngriengkhanat
Stacey Frye grimaces as she gets her first tattoo from Tim Goodrich