American Proves That Not All Pitbulls Are Aggressive

In order to destroy stereotypes about people with tattoos and fighter dogs, an American photographer Brian Batista made a series of photos called “Tattoos & Rescues.” In the series he portrayed friendly pit bulls from the streets or animal shelters and their new tattooed guardians. The idea to create the a project was born when he noticed that society has a stigma against fighter dogs as well against people who have pictures tattooed on their body.

“Not all visibly tattooed people are in hate groups, just like not all pit bulls are vicious. Ask a person why they have the tattoo they do before you judge them,” writes Batista.

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Batista is planning to continue the series and create photo projects which will ruin stereotypes about other animals: cats, snakes and horses.