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Tattooed Man
Creator
Felice BeatoPhotographer · 1832–1909
All works by this person →Felice Beato was the first photographer to devote himself entirely to photographing in Asia and the Near East. He photographed in Japan, India, Athens, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Palestine. He settled in Yokohama and from 1863 to 1877 made hundreds of ethnographic portraits and genre scenes in Japan. He eventually opened a furniture and curio business in Burma. Beato's photographic career was
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1863–1868
- Medium
- Hand-colored albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A man wearing a loincloth, standing with his back to the camera. His back, arms and legs are covered with tattooing. In his right hand he holds a bridle; a saddle is on the ground at his feet.
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