In this edition of SnapShot's  Found Photo Focus column, the message is short and sweet:  I just returned from a buying trip so take a look at all the *new* photographs and find the perfect addition(s) to your special collection(s)!

Tattooed Lady, Artoria Gibbons, Real photo postcard, c.1920

Gibbons was born Anna Mae Burlingston in Linwood, Wisconsin in 1893. The family moved around a lot and while in Spokane, Washington, 19 year old Anna met and married the professional arcade tattoo artist Charles "Red" Gibbons. After several years of marriage, Gibbons and her husband decided they would make a better living if she became a performing tattooed lady, so Charles Gibbons tattooed Anna with full color images from her favorite classical religious artwork. This photograph of Artoria shows The Last Supper, tattooed across her upper back. She performed in circuses and fairs across the country and became the world's most famous tattooed lady. Her last performances were in the mid-1970s. She died in 1985.

EXHIBITIONS:  In The Vernacular, Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 6 -May 31, 2010

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera,  Tate Modern May 28 - Oct. 3 SFMOMA Oct. 30- April 17, 2011

BLOGS: The Art of the Snapshot? by Joel Rotenberg

One Man's Treasure is John Tooey's exploration of art and the history of photography using images from his personal collection.

House of Mirth Photos & Ephemera is Stacy Waldman's blog featuring articles by vernacular photography dealers and collectors.

SITES: Read about the International Center of Photography's recent acquisition in the story of The Mexican Suitcase 

Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities Documents & curiosities from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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