Body of work
New Zealand Listener|May 20-26 2023
A new edition does greater justice to Mark Adams’ renowned photos of the art of Samoan tattooing.
Body of work

Highly intricate, traditionally inspired ink designs that have influenced tattooing here and overseas are once again celebrated in print with a new book featuring the work of veteran photographer Mark Adams.

Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture is a reprint in a larger, hardback format of 2010's edition, and was much needed to improve the reproduction of prints, says Adams on Te Papa's website.

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