March 16, 2010

Ink and Water


I like how huddled together they are. This tattoo is a conspiracy, not just a way to pass or mark time.

Aboard the USS New Jersey
1944, photographer Charles Fenno Jacobs
from LIFE Magazine

6 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

I would put that picture on my wall.

That Hank said...

What do you like about it?

Steph(anie) said...

Their faces are so close. There's something very intimate about that.

Ms. Moon said...

The man curled over his work, the arms which are works in themselves, the hands, the basin, the knee up to the chin, the LIFE in the corner. I love it.

That Hank said...

I sort of want to make a personal calendar of some of these.

May said...

Yeah. This is men being beautiful. Generally I prefer to look at pictures of women, I find women so interesting to look at, but oh man, these men... I'm with mom, I would put this on my wall.