Aroon Thaewchatturat

Tom Vater, Sacred Skin’s author, presented the book at the 2nd Nepal International Tattoo Convention

aroon — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:17:24 +0000

Tom Vater brought Sacred Skin to Kathmandu, at the 2nd Nepal International Tattoo Convention, 27-29 April 2012.

Himalayan Times interviewed author of Sacred Skin, Tom Vater

aroon — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:03:17 +0000

Tom Vater, author of Sacred Skin, gave interview to Himalayan Times, Nepal, 26-04-2012.

Vagabonding on Sacred Skin

aroon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:08:09 +0000

Read the latest review by Marco Ferrarese on Rolf Potts Vagabonding, 9 Feb. 2012

Head Banger Tattoos on Sacred Skin

aroon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:06:33 +0000

“….this clearly-written, entertaining treatise is packed with fascinating facts and descriptions of every aspect of this time-honored art form. But it’s the photos that steal the show.”

By Mitchell January 9, 2012
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Art Found Out Blog on Sacred Skin

aroon — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:07:43 +0000

“… Sacred Skin is an equal collaboration between author Tom Vater and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat. The seductive and intimate images are as important to this book as the text. While Vater writes about Sak Yant, Thaewchatturat’s portraits show the complexity of an art form that radically transforms those who choose the ink. .” By Scott Rothstein at the Art Found Out Blog

Sacred Skin in The Wall Street Journal

aroon — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:19:19 +0000

Read the review by Ron Gluckman in The Wall Street Journal, “Baring Southeast Asia’s Sacred Tattoos“, in tandem with a book at another soon to be published title on the same subject by Joe Cummings and Dan White.

Sacred Skin in Courrier International

aroon — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:23:52 +0000

Courrier International, Oct. 6 - 2011.

Sacred Skin - Book of the month for Prediction Magazine

aroon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:40:04 +0000

Prediction Magazine in the UK: “top-notch eye candy and fascinating insights…”

Die Zeit on Sacred Skin

aroon — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:06:41 +0000

This week a 5 minute piece of Sacred Skin on the website of “Die Zeit“, one of Germany’s most respected newspapers.

http://video.zeit.de/video/1167863488001

ARTE on Sacred Skin

aroon — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:58:34 +0000

For all fans in Europe: French German TV channel ARTE will be broadcasting an eight minute documentary, part of the culture magazine Metropolis, on Thailand’s sacred tattoos and on Sacred Skin, on September 17th! The program will feature interviews with the book’s authors Aroon Thaewchatturat and Tom Vater, as well as photographer James Nachtwey and renowned tattoo master Achan Neng Onnut.
Metropolis will be on at 11.30 pm and the program will be repeated on September 18th at 5.45pm.

http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/metropolis-4113086.html