New flickr group: “Leica Tattoos”

8 Comments

1. Pointshooter
   Posted September 9, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

   Some people need to start to take their pills, not just buy them.

2. ohyeah
   Posted September 9, 2011 at 6:13 pm | Permalink

   proves the point that Leica has a cult following and is considered as a fashion brand rather than a serious photographer’s gear..

3. Icandraw
   Posted September 9, 2011 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

   Wow. Talking about donating your body….. and to a corporation, no less.

   Advertising can be an expensive part of the corporate budget, and yet these people are offering themselves for free. Weird.

4. R!
   Posted September 12, 2011 at 1:15 am | Permalink

   Really that is why I hate facebook , Its for dummys!!!!!!!!!

5. aaron
   Posted September 12, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

   You guys are hilarious!
   1) There are a lot of more efficient ways to be fashionable than a camera that any non photographer would mistake for a Holga. Leicas are not Fashionable.

   2) The point of a tattoo is an artistic expression..Not Corporate loyalty. No one loves the Leica Corporation, they love what it produces/stands for. Quality.

   3) What does Facebook have to do with this again?

   I can’t speak for all these tattoos, but the M3 with collapsable cron and Sunny 16 on film strips is my arm. Drawn by me, with no Leica logos, and the Sunny 16 is very handy to have when shooting with a camera that has no meter It’s my art, it’s my passion and it’s a huge part of who I am.

   • Banksie
     Posted September 12, 2011 at 4:59 pm | Permalink

     Well, if you’re secure about who you are and your art is your personal passion, then I don’t think there’s really a reason to advertise it to the rest of the world by stamping a symbol of a tool you just so happen to use at this specific moment in your life directly on your body (and a specific camera made by a for-profit company.) Your own photographic artwork alone should suffice as being symbolic of quality. Or maybe you make photographs of cameras as your artwork?

     Or simply go one step farther and just be a quality individual in your everyday life. A Leica camera isn’t a symbol of ‘quality’ to the majority of people in the world. It’s simply a camera that costs a lot and is well made. And it has its faults, too, like all things. And yes, I realize people will get a tattoo of a Rolls Royce as a symbol of quality, wealth, and prosperity.

     In 20 years from now you may wonder what you were actually thinking. Too late. But in the meantime if it makes you feel good personally then why feel the need to describe your tattoo and defend your decision? It was your choice. But don’t expect everybody to think it’s rational, and telling them it’s “hilarious” for thinking otherwise.

   • ohyeah
     Posted September 13, 2011 at 11:15 am | Permalink

     @ aaron

     I never said Leica is fashionable, get your facts straight. What I stated was Leica is considered as a fashion brand.

     For a simpleton like you, that means the name and logo is thrown around, slapped on whatever people would make money on (i.e. bags, cases, lanyards, pins and yes tattoos). It’s what makes the prices sky rocket, like fashion clothing & accessories which you are paying for the name, not necessarily quality.

6. Aaron
   Posted September 14, 2011 at 12:35 am | Permalink

   I just love how passonate people get especially about things that don’t effect them Presuming they know why someone would get a tattoo or or what that person’s level of education is based upon a decision My first tattoo is a 1950′s Pontiac logo and it has a lot of emotional significance to me. Or it could just be because I’m a product designer!