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Tattoo Window, Sturgis, South Dakota, 1984
Limited Edition Print from an edition of 50. Photo ©1984 Michael Lichter.
Description: “Crazy Ace was one of those people that put tattooing on the map, he was a pioneer. He was one of the first artists, along with Mr. Tramp, that set up in Sturgis. I owe him a lot; he always helped me out in the early days. There was always a place reserved for my studio in the back of his tattoo area somewhere on Main Street and he would always have a whole lot of girls lined up ready to be photographed when I got there. He’s still an infamous tattoo artist and he’s a biker. He even had a full chrome plated Harley-Davidson, just about everything on it was chrome: gas tank, fenders, everything. I met him through Mr. Tramp in Texas where he and Tramp were members of a bike club. At one time, he had a motorcycle and tattoo shop in Richmond, Virginia. Then he started promoting some of the first tattoo conventions around. He worked here in the States for years but for now, as far as North America is concerned, Crazy Ace is staying well north of the border in Canada where he’s a citizen.”
Billy Tinney, Easyriders Photographer and Editor of Tattoo Matazine, 2003 (Crazy Ace died in 2010)
- Filename
- 1157 Tattoo Window.jpg
- Copyright
- ©1984 Michael Lichter Photography
- Image Size
- 900x604 / 361.2KB
- Contained in galleries
- Sturgis, Black and White, All Limited Editions, 1980s