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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce9a42d98f0f7e544923a48a26423c97c6ee50b837d8bc50102ddc7d84db218a/F_row.jpg)
image description: a black and white photograph. a light skinned Indigenous person’s hand and wrist, with a fresh hand poked tattoo and an older hand poked tattoo by two different artists. the band closer to their wrist is by louis esme, 2019
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca86e5c1cacbd1e17472eb1542ee874a20d3eaf011548b5aa1ebbf1012293efb/K-lines.jpg)
image description: a black and white photograph. a light skinned Indigenous woman with freshly skin stitched lines in the middle of her ring finger.
louis esmé, 2019
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1237b82bba2ac1bb5b56b437ab82ab5d3b5d9d4c622b89605dd2d5ff74760a09/WristLines_BW.jpg)
image description: a black and white photograph of a light skinned Indigenous person with fresh skin stitched tattoos, one on each wrist.
louis esmé, 2018
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/441e44ecd35b7e12d018ecb2c02ed6d0f7c3e021b6c1d45a617dced56c181592/D-syllabics.jpg)
image description: black and white photograph. a dark skinned Indigenous person’s fresh skin stitched tattoo in Cree syllabics.
louis esmé, 2019
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5631a7401d3b746d109c3cc6547551eb9d57469b98b2ea784f638e24887cc546/t_beetle.jpg)
image description: a black and white photograph. a light skinned Indigenous person’s freshly hand poked tattoo of a sunflower beetle on their upper thigh.
louis esmé, 2018
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d55b9d71e3863d13070e01a901984168a5689aacfd8d252cdb188c9033ae21c/Leg_BW.jpg)
image description: a black and white photograph. a light skinned Indigenous person’s freshly hand poked and skin stitched tattoo on their inner calf.
louis esmé, 2018