Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

Michael Bergfalk is a tattoo artist, painter, collector and philosopher. His young artistic ambitions ultimately led to the study and practice of the art known as tattoo.

Bergfalk says the copious images on his own skin also bear testimony to his own examination for the origin of this centuries-old art. He eventually found himself decorating the bodies of the Arizona populace, most recently at  Love & Hate Tattoo in Phoenix (pictures of said bodies after the jump).

Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

List five things on your Inspiration Wall (Real or Imagined):
- My daughter Kirin
- Literature
- Music
- Old master painters
- My friends and colleagues

Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

What was your last big project:
Getting my life together 

What's your next big project:
Still getting my life together

Something I want Phoenix to know about me:
I have a huge penis

Something I don't want Phoenix to know about me:
I lied about that last thing

Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

Courtesy of Michael Bergfalk

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