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Machine Queens
DIRECTOR KATY JOHNSON
PRODUCER JEAN LEE
Machine Queens is a documentary short featuring interviews with five New York City based female tattoo artists and business owners. Each artist discusses their personal histories in the tattoo industry, their perspectives on how tattoo culture has been changing in recent years, and their hopes for the future of tattooing, as well as their own careers
Featuring: Shannon Daugherty and Erica Polanco of Beaver Tattoo
Shanzey Afzal of Ink Minx
Julia Hayes and Kat Noir of Moonrise Tattoo Collective

Machine Queens | Tattoo Documentary (2018)
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