These photos document the evolution of ageing tattoos

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An age-old debate around tattoo culture centres on how ink will look as we age. Online, it’s common to see speculation about what today’s tattoos might become: cybersigil backpieces that will bleed out, delicate fine-line scripts turning illegible, and ironic motifs that might fall flat with future generations’ humour. Easing some of that anxiety is Ripe – a photobook by Alix Nyssen that offers ahellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (21 images)nbsp;