Inking by Numbers – Tattoos in Cape Town


Araminta De Clermont documents the prison tattoos of the Numbers Gangs from the Cape Town Flats. These men have literally covered themselves with tattoos, extending across their faces. She found many of her subjects roaming homeless in bus stations and soup kitchens; the same tattoos that marked them with respect inside prison, left them unemployable on the outside.
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