The Convention: Contains images of nudity, extreme tattoos and body piercing. More than 20,000 visitors attended last year's event....................
5th International London Tattoo Convention


A tattooist sketches a butterfly on a man's chest
A tattooist sketches a butterfly on a man's chest
A tattooist sketches a butterfly on a man's chest

A man shows off his tattooed, shaved head
A man shows off his tattooed, shaved head

Poppy-Moon Hurst and Vila Kula,
tattoo and piercing enthusiasts,
pose at Tobacco Dock

Two men put their tattooed heads together....

'Spiky Bob' enjoys a beer on the opening day of the fifth London Tattoo Convention
'Spiky Bob' enjoys a beer on the opening day of the fifth London Tattoo Convention

A masked tattooed man poses for photographers
A masked tattooed man poses for photographers

Rie Gomita, 29, from Osaka, Japan, walks through the halls of the London Tattoo Convention

Tattoo enthusiast 'Troll' poses for photographs at Tobacco Dock

Camilla Caney shows off the paisley design on her shaved head

A close-up of some of Spiky Bob's facial piercings

Tattooist Nikole Lowe catches some sun outside Tobacco Dock

A Brazilian tattooist takes a break from sketching a design

A woman looks a little shocked at the sight of another woman's tattooed back at the fifth London Tattoo Convention held at Tobacco Dock, London