Trường Pham

It’s all about the subtleties when it comes to Vietnam’s Trường Pham. As a lifelong Japanese culture aficionado, he knew exactly what tattoo style he wanted to excel at from the get-go. And master the style he did. Yet, his work doesn’t feel like the perpetuation of tradition. At first glance, sure, his pieces read as accurate, pristine, bythe-book Irezumi. Then, you notice how the shading is slightly more delicate. How the color palette is tweaked just a little bit towards gracious auburns and ocres instead of packed reds and golds. How some elements are drawn with an extra hint of motion. Hell, how entirely different tattooing traditions cameo in for some detail or other. By which point you probably already have the itch to get a Trường Pham piece yourself.