I write a bi-monthly column for Total Tattoo,give public lectures on tattoo history and related topics, work as a freelance writer and broadcaster for both radio and television, and teach both undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Reading.
Beyond tattooing, my research interests include lowbrow, outsider, kitsch and erotic art & visual culture; internet and digital art; and the art, music, culture and philosophy of inter-war Paris.
I am currently writing a book called 'Tattoo: An Art History' for IB Tauris, due for publication in 2014.
This is my photoblog.
For more about me and my academic work, see http://reading.academia.edu/MattLodder.
Send me messages and questions. Academic enquiries and innapropriate flirtation equally welcome. I can also be reached by email via matt@mattlodder.com.