Tattooed London messengers
26.04.08 by Buffalo Bill
Prick Magazine, ‘the World’s first free tattoo and piercing lifestyle magazine’, is running a photo feature on the tattoos of London’s cycle couriers. The portraits were taken earlier this year by Roxy Erickson. You can find a sneak preview on Roxy’s Flickr.
And while I am plugging things, can I point out that there are still some large Moving Target shirts left in stock? One of each of green, burgundy and brown. £12 inc p & p in the UK.
I was looking at that photoset last night. Lot of ink there innit.
— Iron Eye Apr 26, 08:55 AM #
By the way, I keep meaning to buy one of dem shirts… will you save me de green one? I dont get paid til the 7th and am bruk up!
— Iron Eye Apr 26, 08:57 AM #
Saved!
— Bill Apr 26, 08:58 AM #
Bill, I done sent you an email about the burgundy one. Cheers
— stupidP Apr 26, 11:34 AM #
They missed one………..
— Caspar Apr 26, 01:32 PM #
I konw…………I’m not a courier any more.
— Caspar Apr 26, 01:36 PM #
I might be able to pay yer on Monday actually
— Iron Eye Apr 26, 04:10 PM #
Back to the tattoos.
Anna reckons that the girls have better taste in tats than the boys. What do you think?
— Bill Apr 26, 07:53 PM #
tats are personal, so it is pretty immpossible to say who has better taste. But there is some lovely ink there!!
— common sense Apr 27, 06:52 AM #
Tattoos are for sailors and football hooligans…..
— matelot657 Apr 27, 08:45 AM #
I look like a Fakenger.
— westcoastmess Apr 27, 10:42 AM #
i really like the work on this guy and the woman with the miro(-esque?) piece on her shoulder blade.
— lurkette Apr 27, 03:13 PM #
Krzys. He’s never been the same since he rode 950k in 5 days with me to Zurich.
— Bill Apr 27, 04:55 PM #
i think that was Basel
— hans kloss Apr 27, 09:40 PM #
Ooops! Yeah, Basel
— Bill Apr 27, 11:27 PM #
I want one of those loverly tattoed courier type young ladys as pictured on mt.
But Im a bike shop greese monkey in rural cornwall! I fear it may not happen!
— juan samwell Apr 29, 12:11 PM #
Jesus!
How many lenses did the snapper get through on that project?
I hope the scrap metal merchant who purchased the bolts out of some of those necks paid a fair price.
I think one or two of you might have finished on the podium in a Brad Pitt lookalike contest….the one John Prescott won.
Ugggerrrleee baaastaaardsss!
— Count Basie Apr 29, 05:47 PM #
Bill, you about in Bethnal Green this evening?
— stupidP Apr 30, 07:37 AM #
Yeah! But not til after 830pm. Didn’t get the email BTW.
— Bill Apr 30, 08:26 AM #
Note: Prick is run by an ex-messenger and his girlfriend. They lived here in London for a bit as well, thus the interest.
— roxy Apr 30, 05:18 PM #
Your MovingTarget email must be playing up as i mailed from the contact section. Just to say I’d take the burgundy and am in Columbia Rd so easy to hook up. Hows about tomorrow night?
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— stupidP Apr 30, 07:50 PM #
Your MovingTarget email must be playing up as i mailed from the contact section. Just to say I’d take the burgundy and am in Columbia Rd so easy to hook up. Hows about tomorrow night?
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— stupidP Apr 30, 07:52 PM #
It’s only skin deep. Ha.
— nanosan Apr 30, 09:22 PM #
I have a map of the world tattooed on my todger.
it’s 1:1 scale.
— Swiss Tony May 1, 07:13 PM #
Does that mean I can’t have the burgundy t-shirt :(
— stupidP May 12, 09:38 PM #
No, you can, I am just being slack sending/calling.
— Bill May 15, 10:09 AM #