EPISODE 201
Breaking Bread
Lars Krutak
Tattoo Anthropologist / Photographer / Author
November 18, 2024
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Welcome back to the podcast. Today, we talk to the world’s only well-known “tattoo hunter”. Lars is an Anthropologist and has been always uniquely curious about the stories of and behind the ancient ways of tattooing around the world in indigenous tradition.
Lars brings us through his fascination with tattoo culture he’s researched over the last 20 years with his extensive travels to remote communities in South East Asia, India, Africa and South America.
We talk about the world famous centenarian tattoo artist Whang Od in the Philippines, meeting head hunting warriors, his “cabinet of curiosities” and the power of uncovering ancient truth through face to face human contact.
Lars Krutak:
- Website: https://www.larskrutak.com/ – for Books, Video, Other Media
- New book, October 2024 – Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity – (Via University of Hawaii Press)
- New Book, coming May 2025: Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity through Skin and Ink : (Via Princeton University Press)
- YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/
channel/UCeUYLhlV7WpVdK4_ Rg92tfQ - IG: @larskrutak/
- FB: @larskrutak
- Daniele Agostino Derossi Foundation: https://dadfound.org/