RIPETattoos present an uncommon contradiction: they are permanent on the skin, yet fleeting, their existence bound to the life of their wearer. Ripe positions photography as an intervention and investigation into this duality, exploring the tension between these two forms of image making. Focusing on tattoos created up to the 1980s, Ripe serves as a catalogue of body art destined to vanish. Alongside a foreword by art historian Matt Lodder and an