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Archiving, Documenting, and Contextualizing body modification history, culture, and ephemera since 1993. bodymodificationarchive.com

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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 14/08/2026
The lectures I gave in Berlin this month went well; split into two parts, they told the story of my mentor Jack Yount and how he quietly helped shape modern body modification. In September I'll be release a 130+ hardcover lecture companion book that adds more context to the talks.. more info soon!
Two page spread of a book; One features a magazine cover with a smiling grey haired man with a metal tusk in his septum piercing, the other VHS screen captures of the same man, with a transcript from the VHS tape they were taken from included. 

“I was just looking at a piece of mail. I brought it down to the original Silver Anchor home. I got it in the mail just as I left. It's from England. Friend of mine that I met last year at the tattoo  convention in England put together a new brochure, a little publication called Piercing World. And it's Pauline Clarke and her husband that are back of it. This is issue number two. There's a picture of Pauline here. And I've written two articles. First one appeared in issue one, in March. I'm looking to see there's supposed to be another article in here, somebody told me about it. Oh, it's a a short article right here. It's a picture that I sent in of one of my clients that I did piercing on. He's originally from Washington DC and now from down here in Florida. And here's a picture of  Sebastian from London who is a Master Piercer over there, and Sid and I both know him very well. So this is a rather exciting piece of  literature. Has a lot of information in it. Brand new. And today Sid got a new PFIQ And I was surprised to find that right in the beginning there's a picture of Pauline again, and she's talking about her publication. So it looks like things are going worldwide with piercing going in a great way.” 

- Excerpt from VHS recording by Sailor Sid Diller, 1986
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 11/08/2026
See me be a talking head!
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The Future is Flesh | Sacred Debris
Last year, I sat down with my friend Javier and recorded a segment for his amazing La Piel del Viajero series between classes at the 2025 BM
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 04/07/2026
Squid tatz.
Two photos of phallic squid tattoos.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 29/06/2026
The Legend of Logger Valentine! Our old pal Luis shares a story of DC Piercer and Jack Yount apprentice Logger Valentine!
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The Legend of Logger Valentine- Luis Garcia | Sacred Debris
The Legend of Logger Valentine- Luis Garcia by Sacred Debris on Patreon. Join Sacred Debris's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 15/06/2026
First lecture of 2026 went.. mostly well. Tech problems aside, it was nice introducing a new generation of body piercers to my mentor Jack Yount in celebration of what would have been his centennial year, and to do it with my old friend Brian Skellie. Next stop: Berlin.
two men sitting at a table. One has long hair and a grey mustache and beard. the other is a dork, in a Fred Perry Polo, and has tattoos covering his arms and throat. They're looking at a laptop.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 20/05/2026
Hard Hitting Journalism in FORUM, 1986
A Penthouse Forum cover, and a quote:

In 1986, Penthouse Forum magazine sent a writer to Tijuana to investigate Brown’s claim that he could make penises an inch or two longer by cutting the suspensor ligament holding the penis root to the pubic bone. The article, published as "The Incredible Dick Doctor," portrayed Brown as a wildly inattentive driver who backed into other cars, an absent-minded dresser whose pants fell down in the operating room, and a blithe spirit of a surgeon who, when he accidentally made a cut in the penile shaft that sent blood spurting everywhere, casually declared, "I made a boo-boo.”

- Paul Ciotti, Why did he cut that man’s leg off? The Peculiar Practice of Dr. John Ronald Brown Wednesday December 15th 1999.
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Cassie DeBord @cassietattoos.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’ll be in #rochesterny this weekend for the Roc City Tattoo expo. Come get a piece like this from me there ;) #roccity #traditionaltattoos #foodtattoos
A picture of a traditional style tattoo depicting an anthropomorphic bag of popcorn with some popping out of the top.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 17/05/2026
We're coming into the home stretch. Next month I get to introduce a new generation of body art fans to Jack Yount- seen here having some penis power tattooed onto his silicone enlarged penis by tattooer Rich Nutebar, 1993-4? visit us at sacreddebris.com for updates, and body mod history!
A magazine ad for "penis power" featuring a cartoon man hugging his comically large penis. A man getting his penis tattooed with that cartoon. The finished product.
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Shawn Porter @thedocumentedbody.com · 13/05/2026
I'm still not 100% finished with my lecture build/prep, yet I find myself working on a quick zine about flaming asshole tattoos...
The mockup cover of a zine; it features the text INDELIBLE IDENTITIES and shows two men, both naked, in the process of a tattoo. One of the men- the tattooer- is wearing a sailor's Dixie Cup style hat. The other is lifting his scrotum so the Sailor can tattoo his perineum.
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Shawn Porter @thedocumentedbody.com · 12/05/2026
Only one person in my upcoming lecture series has an "convicted" date; I'll be attempting to navigate around the legacy of Dr. Brown as best I can.
A Keynote slide. It reads TAKEN TO EXTREMES Dr. John Ronald Brown.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 04/05/2026
Vegas & Berlin- I’ll be lecturing this summer on my late mentor Jack Yount and the constellation of eccentric characters in his orbit, including one of the original “Modern Primitives” A VIKING NAVARO; an Econ professor with extensively pierced/stretched genitals. Sacreddebris.com
A letter, floating over two photographs of a pierced and stretched penis and scrotum.
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Shawn Porter @thedocumentedbody.com · 14/04/2026
Too much?
Lecture Slide. it features an aging hipster who looks like a tattooed Dennis the Menace, wearing a shirt that says SAILOR SID, inset with a photo of that same aging weirdo as a teenager, shirtless, with his mentor Jack. Jack is heavily tattooed and has a prominent set of piercings. 

the text on the slide reads: SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS Shawn Porter, with Shawn's bonafides listed sequentially.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 27/03/2026
Lecture slide! Sailor Sid Diller tattooed Jack Yount's "taint" with a flame; 1980s. I'll be discussing Jack and Sid's friendship in this summer's Yount100 talks sacreddebris.com
A Keynote presentation slide. The photo (on the right) features a shirtless man in a dixie cup style sailor's cap, and a full back tattoo of Icarus. He's tattooing the "taint" of another man.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 13/03/2026
I feel like this is one of the less subtle "coming soon" graphics I've ever made. August 2026.
Two specimen cups- one with a green lid, one a red lid. A black bar covers the contents, with a graphic reading JACK YOUNT THE MISSING PIECES; EVOLUTION OF A SUBCULTURE 01.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 13/12/2025
Olivier L, 1999. Photo by Philip Barbosa. Modcon.
Man pushing his finger through his stretched pierced tongue. photo by Philip Barbosa, 1999
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 02/12/2025
www.blurb.com/books/125078... In August I gave a lecture on the under-documented influence of queer tattoo artists & collectors in modern (1950s-1980s) tattooing. This book covers the introduction & tattooer/pornographer JD of TRASH fame. It's 25% off thru Dec 11th with code GIVINGTUES25
book cover for INDELIBLE IDENTITIES 01: A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING. it features a tattoo design of a swallow (bird) and heart, with the word QUEER in the banner. The author is Shawn Porter. 
Page from book featuring a tattooed man.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 29/11/2025
I put together a fun little 20 page photo zine as part of a Secret Santa exchange; no spoilers but it's tied to my Indelible Identities series on queer tattoo history. Shhh.
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Occult Vibrations Sacred Santa Zine 2025 from Hex Appeal
Happy Holidays from Occult Vibrations & Sacred Debris! I made a limited run (25, numbered) of zines as part of a Secret Santa exchange, and am putting the leftovers up for anyone who wants to roll the...
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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 21/10/2025
Larry Copeland hosted a gathering of tattoo and piercing fans at his Hoboken, NJ residence in 1974/5. In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 21/10/2025
Dave Slack was a queer tattoo artist who worked in NYC in the 1970s/80s. He appeared in the legendary gay xxx video "NYC INFERNO" (playing a tattoo artist). This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb. sacreddebris.com
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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 07/10/2025
This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven sacreddebris.com
A fully tattooed body with a banner blurring his penis reading NSFMeta
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 02/10/2025
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more. Very excited about this series!
A square graphic- it features a piercing needle and captive bead ring in the background; the foreground text reads: evolution of a subculture 01: Jack Yount. Presented by Shawn Porter & Brian Skellie. 2026
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 25/08/2025
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames" Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough) 1975
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 24/08/2025
On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion. This book serves as a lecture companion...
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Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter | Blurb Books
Find Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter at Blurb Books. Compiled as a companion to his August 2025 lecture at BMXNet in Berlin, Germany, this 8...
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AutoErotica @autoeroticasf.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Patrick's favorite bar, The Ambush (1973-1986, SF) 🔻 Poster NFS • Artwork by Chuch Arnett • Photos by @bradleyroberge.bsky.social • 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝑜ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄᴀ • 4077A 18th St at Castro • (415) 861-5787 • email autoeroticasf@aol.com
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 15/08/2025
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
A large group of people facing the camera.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 23/07/2025
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
Graphic advertising two lectures in August 2025; BMXNet Shawn Porter 
Indelible Identities 01- John Dagion and Evolution of a Subculture 03 Scar Wars
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 10/07/2025
Sarai, 2006. The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks. This was from the second event. sacreddebris.com
A smiling tattooed and pierced woman with decorative cutting on her chest.
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AutoErotica @autoeroticasf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We’re proud to announce that the film’s international premiere will be at the Gaze Film Festival in Dublin (July 2025). We are excited to take our film overseas! 🎥 Also! You can stream the film WORLDWIDE July 26-30 via frozenfilmfestival.com
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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 15/06/2025
Fired up the VCR today for some conversion. This cassette is likely from 1981 and features Bill Mokry. Sacreddebris.com
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 11/06/2025
Queer history. Tattoo history. Queer tattoo history.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 07/06/2025
Happy Pride Month y'all! The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s sacreddebris.com
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Thomas O’Mahony @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Test copies of my book of photos from the London Tattoo Society event arrived and I’m absolutely delighted with them
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 29/05/2025
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned! sacreddebris.com (photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
A shirtless, tattooed man with pierced nipples
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 22/05/2025
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video. nodalpointszine.com
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 22/05/2025
A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978. sacreddebris.com #septumpiercing #bodyart
A younger bearded man with a bone through his pierced septum.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 20/05/2025
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding. Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
Graphic that reads SCAR WARS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 13/05/2025
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture. sacreddebris.com
A book page screenshot, right side has a pink zine cover with a tattooed penis. The tattoo is of an eagle fighting a snake on the client's penis. The magazine is TRASH. True Revelations and Strange Happenings.
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Ron Athey @ron-athey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
NYE 1985 at @bradlapin.bsky.social 's do! 💗💗💗
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 09/05/2025
Just updated the blog with the not safe for instagram Polaroid of Bob from Michigan. Dates back 40 years or so. #queertattoo #indelibleidentities sacreddebris.com
Screen Capture of video segment featuring a tattooed male butt; flames come out of the crack and there's a male nude on the thigh
a series of photo prints on a scanner bed.
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Occult Vibrations @occultvibrations.com · 05/05/2025
It’s impossible to overstate the impact that Samuel Steward had on modern tattooing. Tattooing professionally under the name Phil Sparrow, he was a primary mentor to Ed Hardy & Cliff Raven. The intersection of tattoo culture and the queer community is inseparable. sacreddebris.com #queertattoo
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Tattooing Reality 3
YouTube video by Shawn Porter
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Old Tattooed Hippie ☮️✌️ @sauchellibot.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Another Benard Kobel Photo Of A Tattooed Lady 1940s... #tattoo #tattooed #bernardkobel #photographer #tattooedlady #1940s
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 20/04/2025
This is Easter. I celebrated by sorting, inventorying, and scanning through dozens of T.R.A.S.H. magazines; True Revelations and Strange Happenings. The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
Four stacks of magazines, all titled TRASH: True Revelations and Strange Happenings. One cover features a tattooed penis, two covers feature "rough trade" and one is just text.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 20/04/2025
Happy Easter y'all. Let's celebrate by hearing the story of how Allen Falkner (one of the most pivotal folks in the popularization of modern body suspension) became my go-to scrotum suturer at the second ModCon (underground surgery) event! youtu.be/BJUxedv7G6s?...
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Evolution of Subculture 02 Excerpt: Allen Falkner on Roy's Hang
YouTube video by Shawn Porter
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 19/04/2025
This is a cover mockup for the lecture companion I'll be making for my upcoming Berlin chat. The first in the INDELIBLE IDENTITIES series will feature gay trucker erotica scribe/tattooer John Dagion. This series isn't THE history of Queer Tattooing, just a piece of it.
A book cover featuring a man's exposed tattooed chest. there's an eagle tattoo on his chest. the text reads INDELIBLE IDENTITIES A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 25/03/2025
This is a flier for a lecture I’ll be presenting in Berlin, August 2025. We’ll be discussing SCAR WARS- a series of cutting/branding events I hosted from 2005-7, the blog that accompanied it, and its impact on the body mod community. sacreddebris.com for more info.
A flier advertising a lecture on SCAR WARS; the world’s first scarification and branding convention. 

Lecture title: EVOLUTION OF A SUBCULTURE O3: An Insiders History of Scar Wars.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 17/03/2025
This is a cutting by Dave Gillstrap, from the Scar Wars 2 event in February of 2006. Hail Slack. sacreddebris.com
A full torso scarification of JR "Bob" Dobbs
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 15/03/2025
This is Pat Tidwell, 2006. Pat's freehand piercing technique has become a thing of legend, as is his recitations of dialogue from Back to the Future. sacreddebris.com
unclose portrait in black and white of a man with large stretched nostril piercings.
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 11/03/2025
This is Sailor Sid freehand drawing a “black graphic” coverup on a client. Influenced by his blackwork from Cliff Raven, Sid tried his hand at the emerging trend of “tribal” tattooing. VHS source from our archives- 1984-86 approx. Sacreddebris.com
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Sacred Debris @bodymodificationarchive.com · 10/03/2025
This is Econ professor A. Viking Navaro and "lovely Jeffrey" - very early 1980s.Viking had some early representational black graphic (more commonly called 'tribal' these days) tattoo work from Cliff Raven. sacreddebris.com
Two men stand naked from the waist up; one is bearded, with a large ivory tusk through his pierced septum. he has very large pierced nipples and tattoos. His counterpart has a mustache and a single pierced nipple
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Louis Fleischauer @louisfleischauer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here are some pictures from my latest project with @scalpelpriestess.bsky.social
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