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So, it's only been a week since my first tattoo, and here I am again. I was told that tattoos are addicting. Boy, they weren't kidding. Some people get tattoos because they like the design, but for me, I like that my tattoos have a story. As I write this, I smile to myself recalling the wonderful experience of meeting such an icon in the tattooing industry.
I mentioned in my post, MY FIRST TATTOO, that most of my friends who got tattoos at the age of 16, I was jealous. I wanted to get one of my own but my first boyfriend advised against it. Well, that and the fact that I did not know what to get. But anyway, guess who was behind all those exquisite tattoos? Joe.
Back then, I just know of him as Joe. Yes, just Joe... like Madonna, or you know -Cher. He was a legend even before social media. He was just THE JOE. Back in 1992, he tattooed everyone in the South, and some from the North who would travel to him to get one of his tattoos. He was just the go-to man to get a good tattoo. He has a lot of foreign clients from them until now, but according to him, he is even more picky now with the clients he sees.
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| Joe Saliendra in his studio |





