Inked Magazine: Freddy Corbin
The November issue of Inked Magazine features a multi page piece I shot of Oakland tattoo artist Freddy Corbin (not without incident, see below) for the “Icons” section. This may not be the most timeliest piece of news but hey, it was a fairly busy month. An interview of Mr. Corbin is featured at Inked online here. He also makes an appearance in the season finale of Sons Of Anarchy which airs this week on FX. SOA is a decent soap opera filled with guns, snitches, politics, and thugs. Freddy is too nice for any of those parlor games so I look forward to seeing his cameo.
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Freddy Corbin, Oakland, CA • Inked Magazine. © Jay Watson Photography
Outtake: Freddy Corbin, Oakland, CA • Inked Magazine. © Jay Watson Photography
On a side note, Freddy “collects” tattoos from his friends who are not tattoo artists. Would you do that for friendship? Inked also listed me as a contributor in the November issue which is still on the shelves until December 15th.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Love the picture, Jay…so rich and detailed.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Beautiful lighting, expression, and choice of background. And the exploding strobe story is hilarious.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Jay!!! Again, I looooved this spread in Inked! It was fabulous and I was excited when it came in the mail to see your work!!! Great job Jay!
~Jenna
December 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Thanks everyone for the props.
Joe – I tried to remind myself how funny that blown flash tube was when I had to buy a new one for $120. At least I didn’t drop a lens. That would have put me in stitches from the laughter.
March 29th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Realy nice portrait of that guy. You seemed to really capture something in his expression. Nice lighting as well. /tg
May 11th, 2012 at 7:58 am
Freddy Corbin is really a tattoo legend. I love this portrait. He’s my laptop wallpaper now!
May 11th, 2012 at 8:56 am
Thanks Michael. I recently found out this portrait is being painted by an artist for a gallery show (she asked for permission first). Glad you dig the original. Freddy is a great guy.