Eric Alcantara, Full Interview
Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Eric Alcantara
Date: Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:26:37
Creator: Eric Alcantara interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Identifier: aql:18277 alcantara_eric_full
Description: Eric Alcantara has been in the tattoo industry for the past five years. After a stint in Hoboken, he began adorning the bodies of Sunnyside residents three months ago, at the Sunnyside Tattoo Studio on Queens Boulevard and 39th Street. He much prefers Sunnyside to Hoboken, where his clients were mainly "eccentric college kids." Many of his Sunnyside clients are "down-to-earth," working-class Hispanics who gravitate toward religious emblems and images that celebrate their home country.
Creator :
Eric Alcantara interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Date :
Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Summary/Description :
Eric Alcantara has been in the tattoo industry for the past five years. After a stint in Hoboken, he began adorning the bodies of Sunnyside residents three months ago, at the Sunnyside Tattoo Studio on Queens Boulevard and 39th Street. He much prefers Sunnyside to Hoboken, where his clients were mainly "eccentric college kids." Many of his Sunnyside clients are "down-to-earth," working-class Hispanics who gravitate toward religious emblems and images that celebrate their home country.
Subject :
Tattooing; Tattoo artists
Rights :
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:26:37
Identifier :
aql:18277 alcantara_eric_full
Rights Notice
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
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