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Tattoos as a cultural phenomenon, tracing their history from ancient civilizations through military use to a modern renaissance driven by media representation.
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Tattoos can be traced back to Ancient Egypt, China, Greece and Persia. In its earlier forms, they have been ways to indicate criminals, as a means of communication between spies, and prisoners. As tattooing supplies became more accessible, upper class citizens began to turn away from the art greatly decreasing its coverage and study. Tattooing didn't really pick up again until the early 1900s when Samuel O'Riely moved to Chatham Square to tattoo working class citizens and became a way for many people, especially military officers, to depict their travels. However, tattoos have particularly grown in the past 30 years due to a renaissance in artwork and increase in media representation from magazines, TV shows and pinterest.