Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters get inked

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Hong Kong's tattoo community has banded together tightly over Hong Kong's protests. 'Art is power, to spread an idea or to touch people or to inspire people,' says a tattoo artist

INK PROTEST. This photo taken on August 21, 2019 shows tattoo artist Iris Lam tattooing a Bauhinia flower, the emblem of Hong Kong, on her client 'C' at Gazelle Tattoo studio in Hong Kong. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP

From umbrellas and Chinese calligraphy, to gas masks and helmets, people are getting their bodies inked as a sign of solidarity with a protest movement challenging the city's government and its Beijing backers. Since June when the largest protests to hit Hong Kong in decades erupted, tattoo studios have received a surge in requests for protest-related artworks.

"He doesn't want to get hit by tear gas with a big wound on his body," she explained."It would be painful and trouble to take care of, so he wants to do his tattoo after the protests."

 

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