A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

A popular style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East LA's Chicano culture. It moved from California prisons in the 1970s to high-end tattoo shops worldwide.

the city's sole Black-owned tattoo establishment. Davis focuses his artistic talents on producing striking black and gray artworks infused with deep cultural meanings. Davis promotes Black cultural ...

There's no doubt about it, the fine-line style of black and gray tattooing as we know it began in SoCal (exactly who started it/which shop it came out of is up for debate, depending on who you ask ...

His work, along with other examples of the black-and-gray style, is on view at the Natural History Museum as part of the traveling “Tattoo” exhibition that opened Sunday.

Born and raised in Wilmington, DE, Eric Marcinizyn is a rising star in black and gray tattoo. Tattooing for just three and a half years, he mixes West Coast styles with East Coast reference point.

The popularity of the tattoo as a form of personal expression, he believes, is here to stay — even with a starting figure of $500. “Tattoos might be a little expensive,” Mahoney said.