The key issue in this photo is that the tattoos can mae the difference in life's people, in the photo explain that in the daily lives he can use the tattoo normal and walk like a normal person. But he need to transform her life in the job need to hide the tattoo to work undisturbed to avoid being dismissed.
b. How are tattoos stereotyped in different societies? Refer to The Maori culture (New Zealand), USA and Chile.
The Maori tribe in New Zealand used the tattoos to scare the enemy and in signal of respect,the person that have more tattos it means that have more experience than the other of his culture,they start tattoing the childrens at 8 years old and they modified, as you have more experience and more power in the tribe. Refer to Chile the tattoos mean a lot in life of the people, which affects their day to day, because here are very racist and someone to have some tattoo related will be poor or to belong to lower social classes.
c. How important or relevant are tattoos for some people in defining their individuality or identity?
For some people the tattoos refer to a identity for some social class, ethnic groups or musical groups. For instance people who listen music like rap or hip hop it is necessary to have a tattoo or do graffitis or something that is traditional for the group. Otherwise if people not do this things can lead to expulsion.
d. Why are tattoos considered / not considered Art?
Art is a way of expressing your feelings, and tattoos are considered art, because it express what you feel, it is a way of expressing feelings.But there are cases in which a tattoo is used for different purposes, such as to identify prisoners in the prisons, or to identify football teams, in this case, a tattoo we could not consider it art.
In conclusion the photo shows the differences that people have to do having a tattoo, like stop being like them to become other people and go undetected tattoos in his job or place that not allow tattoos.
