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  • Shooting Tattoo Artist Jun Cha’s Monarc Studios Opening Gala

    Shooting Tattoo Artist Jun Cha’s Monarc Studios Opening Gala

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    A client I’ve been doing some work with the past few months that you may have seen me post about here a few times, tattoo artist Jun Cha, had the opening gala for his new design/tattoo studio, Monarc Studios, last Thursday at The Well in Downtown Los Angeles. Whether you like body art or not, check him out, he’s insane: www.MonarcStudios.com. At the very least, I’m quite confident you’ll appreciate his work as an artist.

    Anyhow, just wanted to share a few images from that evening, which consisted of a pop-up gallery showcasing Jun Cha’s work, both on human flesh and outside of it. And if you look close enough, you’ll see some of my images from the studio space displayed on the pop-up wall underneath the Monarc movie screen in a few images. The same sort of intricate attention to detail, as well as elements of the monochromatic Greek and Roman mythological theme, were given to this showing as he gave to his studio when I shot it back in August. He’s definitely got a work ethic that’s a rare commodity in this day and age. And to think… the cat is only 25…

    The wide shots were shot on a Nikon D7000 with a Tokina 11-16mm, and the vignettes were shot on a Samsung NX1 with the 85mm/1.4.

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  • Tattoo Artist Jun Cha’s New Site Is Live With My Images! Get Inked!

    Tattoo Artist Jun Cha’s New Site Is Live With My Images! Get Inked!

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    So a few months ago, I got the incredible opportunity to photograph legendary tattoo artist Jun Cha’s new studio in Downtown Los Angeles. It was for his new website so I haven’t been able to share them yet until the site went live. Well, as of this week, it’s now live at MonarcStudios.com. This guy is the real deal. I mean, people fly him out to crazy places like Thailand and Hong Kong to get inked by his gifted hands. If you read this blog, you might remember my post on minimizing reflections in interior photography, and I posted an image to demonstrate the effect. That was from his studio and from this shoot. The studio’s delicate decor is as elegant as the art that Jun permanently adorns his subjects with. Everything from Renaissance busts to Greek mythology to statues of David and ancient Roman columns, all tied together with the monochromatic veins of his hand-laid granite tile flooring. If you’re thinking of getting tatted, this is the place to do it…the space was gorgeous. Anyhow, a few of the images are in the gallery below, but make sure to check out the site to see the full set how Jun Cha intended them to be seen: www.MonarcStudios.com

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