[Photos of me] DR MATT LODDERI am a heavily tattooed academic art historian, based in London. My work is primarily concerned with the history of Western tattooing, and the artistic status of body art and body modification practices, including tattooing, body piercing and cosmetic surgery. I write regularly 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 undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Reading and the University of Birmingham. 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. It is, on occasion, Not Safe for Work, given my propensity to post some erotic and pornographic imagery and art. For more about me and my academic work, see http://reading.academia.edu/MattLodder.Send me messages and questions. I can also be reached by email via matt@mattlodder.com.Tumblr (3.0; @mattlodder)http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/838df304bb180e4295fbc78b7be0073a/tumblr_mmny19ORgb1qeoi8do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50714155806http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50714155806Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:29 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b837d3cb2add15c75318e1e8b7252df7/tumblr_mjbtmi6DFv1s3ik60o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://c0ssette.tumblr.com/post/44842280535/detail-the-grasshopper-1872-jules-joseph" target="_blank">c0ssette</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(Detail) The Grasshopper,1872,Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680368520http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680368520Fri, 17 May 2013 23:17:25 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5be9b7828de5fb18678f0e0d97a4b68b/tumblr_mlx5pbkQWN1qbcporo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30092ffd061ebb965cbb2522e41015e5/tumblr_mlx5pbkQWN1qbcporo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>The Phenakistocope was invented by Joseph Plateau in 1841.</span></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680362956http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680362956Fri, 17 May 2013 23:17:20 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me014pDYTG1qaxnilo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <div><em>Paris</em> by <a href="http://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Paris--1978/AE9A9F6DDEC32B7A" target="_blank">Helmut Newton</a>, 1978<br/><br/><a href="http://frenchtwist.tumblr.com/tagged/helmut_newton" target="_blank">Also</a></div> </blockquote> <p></p>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680254997http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50680254997Fri, 17 May 2013 23:15:47 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff45ab644035aeabd986300f0b9d35c4/tumblr_mmxon1tU8n1qij4o1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50659779380http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50659779380Fri, 17 May 2013 17:46:15 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c80ec389f164625cbd256db780a61a19/tumblr_mmy48bmHD91qhkgqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wtfarthistory.com/post/50651793732/salvador-dali-the-discovery-of-america-1959-oil" target="_blank">wtfarthistory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Salvador Dalí, The Discovery of America, 1959, oil on canvas. Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, FL</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50659752652http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50659752652Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:44 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8941911716dc6f4ccc91ea84f19ede11/tumblr_mmwfplv1XH1s7f3fyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/50582639147/students-swing-to-a-jazz-band-in-a-bamboo-lined" target="_blank">natgeofound</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Students swing to a jazz band in a bamboo-lined student center in Vienna, February 1959.<br/><span>Photograph by Volkmar K. Wenztel, National Geographic</span></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50590101207http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50590101207Thu, 16 May 2013 19:32:46 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/564bc9eb81bed0de966232e4b5cab40f/tumblr_mjus88BZKR1qa5qn6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em><small>Portrait of a Lady</small></em>, <small>by Rogier van der Weyden c. 1455</small></p> <p><small>Oil and tempera on panel, 37 x 27cm</small></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50589930395http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50589930395Thu, 16 May 2013 19:29:45 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cff7608c8f7c9e964e495451b36af3de/tumblr_mmwbkaedLn1r6w3qso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blue-voids.tumblr.com/post/50578403479/man-ray-gift-1921-editioned-replica-1972" target="_blank">blue-voids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/man-ray-cadeau-t07883" target="_blank">Man Ray</a> - Gift, 1921 (editioned replica, 1972)</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50589912547http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50589912547Thu, 16 May 2013 19:29:26 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e73d5b044ca35aab5e90c7398346a0f5/tumblr_mmwa7bcYLO1qcr2jvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Handsome preppy student from this week’s @timeshighered</p>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50577103793http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50577103793Thu, 16 May 2013 15:13:59 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2250dbe969532e1859ba849c9866587/tumblr_mmuhk3QDDJ1qhkgqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wtfarthistory.com/post/50498373761/joos-van-cleve-lucretia-c-1525-oil-on-panel" target="_blank">wtfarthistory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Joos van Cleve, Lucretia, c. 1525, oil on panel. The De Young Museum of Art, San Francisco</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50499261842http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50499261842Wed, 15 May 2013 16:17:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd8dbc02a0baad06bf6bdab14a4ebec3/tumblr_mmti2nl07O1rphtnfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://weirdvintage.tumblr.com/post/50477701882/trained-dog-act-poster-c-1899-via-library-of" target="_blank">weirdvintage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Trained dog act poster, c. 1899 (via <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/var1993000608/PP/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50494133919http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50494133919Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:43 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22843b21ffbe8db5692e31a0d6421edf/tumblr_mmt7vypMrz1qerbdoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://guyletatooer.com/post/50449866633" target="_blank">guyletatooer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Done at St Mariner .</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50490365219http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50490365219Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:34 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64755d71c2c9e8cf13cd6f645912a727/tumblr_mm6hq2iGRr1qa42jro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://terrysdiary.com/post/50420341407/photo-fingerprint" target="_blank">terrysdiary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>PHOTO & FINGERPRINT</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50423059821http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50423059821Tue, 14 May 2013 16:17:11 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/34820cd1da5cff4fc14a9ba64416fa7e/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5cf7cb44211426e884e530e823129098/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d62b5d33482017eb14c3bd25c4e4d715/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/41dc490e97e59fc0c7191f3b9bc8cf00/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1b7d8e56d63c8a48355a316c56c40ce/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22b1ede544bce3fc49a1e9e480d525c3/tumblr_mmnkarYYB91qzd1nwo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cjwho.com/post/50195351439/monument-to-a-troubled-past-inside-the-enormous" target="_blank">cjwho</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117506/Monument-troubled-past-Inside-crumbling-communist-HQ-Bulgaria-afford-maintain-demolish.html#ixzz2ShMsEpyg" target="_blank">Monument to a troubled past: Inside the enormous crumbling communist HQ Bulgaria cannot afford to maintain or demolish</a></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50408503277http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50408503277Tue, 14 May 2013 09:04:23 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d3e6ebe14e5866c1a57f8f64069ca78/tumblr_mmr54huO5O1rxjp6no1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50407343110http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50407343110Tue, 14 May 2013 08:22:38 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mduvfvG1MG1qzjmo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://carolathhabsburg.tumblr.com/post/36231157108/miss-edna-may-in-top-hat" target="_blank">carolathhabsburg</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Miss Edna May in Top hat</p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50377622118http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50377622118Tue, 14 May 2013 00:38:03 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2df17133a7731b921bebe43a1e33a15c/tumblr_mmqi7zRJ0q1rxjp6no1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kronstadt21.tumblr.com/post/50335556794/from-the-enjoyable-but-insane-book-female" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">kronstadt21</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>From the enjoyable but insane book: <a href="http://vintagescans.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/female-deviations.html" target="_blank">Female Deviations and Lesbian Practices</a>.</p></blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50356816772http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50356816772Mon, 13 May 2013 19:58:16 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0dfb95cc7f2d198fbbfed4e7bb8d0ff/tumblr_mmfs1oq6KC1s7f3fyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/49860893741/a-wave-of-rock-shaped-by-wind-and-rain-towers" target="_blank">natgeofound</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963.<br/><span>Photograph by Robert B. Goodman, National Geographic</span></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50349342271http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50349342271Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:39 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e704065e4d6257636302485570930038/tumblr_mmhlrsJaaE1s7f3fyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/49938699378/girls-watch-artist-painting-picture-of-statue-of" target="_blank">natgeofound</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Girls watch artist painting picture of statue of Flemish artist in Bruges, Belgium, May 1955.<br/><span>Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic</span></p> </blockquote>http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50349312340http://mattlodder.tumblr.com/post/50349312340Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:06 +0100