April 26, 2024

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| 11/14/2018

"It is illegal, but everyone is doing it."

-- James Langner

Skin art is now on prominent display in Cuba, from the streets of Havana to the island's rural areas.

But tattoo parlors are against the law in the socialist nation.

"It is illegal, but everyone is doing it," said James Langner, 41, general manager of the eight Atomic Tattoos parlors in Hillsborough County. "It is being done in a real primitive way. That means it is not always sanitary."

To the rescue comes the nonprofit Amigo Tattoo, established by Langner and Atomic Tattoos to deliver Cuban artists supplies like medical gloves and rubbing alcohol as well as classes on sanitary practices.

Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.

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