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Born in Mexico, the land of tequila, enchiladas and satanic drug dealers.. comes Adriaan via mexico city... Adriaan has developed his own beautiful, yet morbid tattooing style , unique to this region of Europe. The last 6 years his travels have brought him to Germany, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Asia. He set his headquarters in Berlin to spread ink around... He has been seen tattooing victims in many tattoo conventions in europe; including London, Stockholm, Berlin, Oslo, Moscow, Helsinki, Barcelona and Amsterdam just to mention some... he is waiting for you to get full of rockin' ink.www.machete-ink.com
Like the Bowie knife and sickle, this can be purchased off of the wall of my zombies map for a pretty high price.
Also, I will be gone for about a week, starting tomorrow. So I apologize in advance to everybody I'm trading with if there's a delay in shipping.
Model: me (Corinne Alexandra)
Photographer & Editor: me
Canon 5D Mark II | 24-105mm L
Strobe info:
1) AB800 shot through soft box front
2) AB800 bare shot right
3) AB400 bare shot left
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My mom and I have been diligently crafting this costume over the last couple months and I’ve been working out like crazy to get a body that at least somewhat resembles Michelle Rodriguez, and I’m happy to say it’s all finally come together and will be making it’s debut tomorrow. I’ll be posting more photos soon and some details about the making of. So stay tuned!
These times, they draw us to do things that we don't want to do. Me, I am satisfied with my job, as long as I get my pay...
Un carnicero muestra orgulloso su género en el mercado de San Mauro, Ziguinchor, sur de Senegal. 2018.
#unaimagenfor CAMILO.MACHETE + MACHETE : Madrid´ playground . @machetedesign / @machetedesignclothing @ Callao Square surroundings 01.10.2022
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Shortly after we crossed the Senegambian border, on our route north to Gambia's camplital Banjul, we saw a red costumed figure on the roof of a building. We stopped to look and the figure lept off the roof and came towards us. Its love of altitude was then proven again as it jumped onto the roof of our vehicle and refused to come down. It held machetes, so we held our distance.
We learned that the figure was a mask / masquerade that was protecting Gambian boys who had just been through an initiation / circumcision and were resting in the forest for a number of days before returning home. We were able to follow the red mask into the forest and visit with the boys - and their guardian older siblings/cousins - and provide them with a donation to assist with their forthcoming meals.
[I am not sure of the name of the village but it was on the Busura-Marakissa-Brikama route]
The initiation ritual and the figure are "Kankurang": Some interesting information is on the UNESCO site (link below), from which I have appended the following:
"The Kankurang is an initiatory rite practised throughout the Manding provinces of Senegal and Gambia, mainly corresponding to the Casamance, and in the city of Mbour. According to tradition, the origin of the Kankurang is to be found in the Komo, a secret society of hunters whose organization and esoteric practices contributed to the emergence of the Manding.
The central character in the Kankurang, is an initiate who wears a mask made of the bark and red fibre of the faara tree and is clothed in leaves, his body painted with vegetable dyes. He is associated with circumcision ceremonies and initiatory rites. His appearance is marked by several ritual stages: the designation of the initiate who will wear the mask and his investiture by the elders, his retreat into the woods with the initiates, the vigils and processions through the hamlet of the new initiates. The whole ritual generally takes place between August and September. The Kankurang always parades surrounded by former initiates and the villagers who respectfully follow his behaviour and gestures, and perform dances and songs. His displays are punctuated with a staccato dance as he wields two machetes and utters piercing cries. His followers, armed with sticks and rhun palm leaves, beat out the rhythm with their choruses and tom-toms.
The Kankurang is the guarantor of order and justice as well as the exorcist of evil spirits. As such, he ensures transmission and teaching of a complex collection of know-how and practices underpinning Manding cultural identity. A ritual that has spread to other communities and groups of the area, it is the occasion for young circumcised boys to learn the rules of behaviour for the ordering their community, the secrets of plants and their medicinal values, and hunting techniques. Their traditional practice is in retreat because of the rapid urbanization of most regions of Senegal and Gambia and the decreasing extent of sacred forests, which are transformed into cultivated land. As a result, the ritual is trivialized and the Kankurang authority is undermined"
Source: ich.unesco.org/en/RL/kankurang-manding-initiatory-rite-00143
One last one from the playshoot the other night at our studio. Using a softbox over the model's right shoulder, a low powered light on the front, and a hair light up above, there was a lot of shape created using the shadows on her form. I really love how the hair light accented the blade just enough to give it some presence off the background.
Post processing and coloring done in Photoshop after the RAW file was used to set overall balance and texture.
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Machete isn’t your typical tattooed, hairy beer guzzling biker. He’s a good looking, smooth talking cocky bastard. He grew up a reckless youth who idolized the greasers of the 50’s. He fashioned himself after the likes of Elvis and James Dean. So once he turned 18 he hit the road on his Pop’s bike and his Abuelo’s machete. Looking for trouble anywhere he could. He found himself in a dirty Arizona bar backed into a corner swinging that old SOB. He took out 3 Dreadnok rivals that day he also earned his chance to be a Dread-Head. Cause in that bar he impressed Shaman who later gave him his nickname. Machete has moved on to shot guns and is now one of the Noks best gunners. He always has his grandpa’s machete close though. For when things get personal.
I don’t know much about Machete other then he was a Sigma 6 character. Couldn’t find a bio on him either so I made one up. Never thought to customize him but when the parts came together I knew had to add him to my Dreadnoks.