The Convention: Contains images of nudity, extreme tattoos and body piercing. More than 20,000 visitors attended last year's event.
Two men put their tattooed heads together
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
A Brazilian tattooist takes a break from sketching a design
Tattooist Nikole Lowe catches some sun outside Tobacco Dock
A close-up of some of Spiky Bob's facial piercings
Camilla Caney shows off the paisley design on her shaved head
Tattoo enthusiast 'Troll' poses for photographs at Tobacco Dock
Rie Gomita, 29, from Osaka, Japan, walks through the halls of the London Tattoo Convention
A man grimaces as he gets a new tattoo from Japanese artist Shin Chuey
A masked tattooed man poses for photographers
'Spiky Bob' enjoys a beer on the opening day of the fifth London Tattoo Convention
A tattooist sketches a butterfly on a man's chest
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
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
A Brazilian tattooist takes a break from sketching a design
Tattooist Nikole Lowe catches some sun outside Tobacco Dock
A close-up of some of Spiky Bob's facial piercings
Camilla Caney shows off the paisley design on her shaved head
Tattoo enthusiast 'Troll' poses for photographs at Tobacco Dock
Rie Gomita, 29, from Osaka, Japan, walks through the halls of the London Tattoo Convention
A man grimaces as he gets a new tattoo from Japanese artist Shin Chuey
A masked tattooed man poses for photographers
'Spiky Bob' enjoys a beer on the opening day of the fifth London Tattoo Convention
A tattooist sketches a butterfly on a man's chest
A man shows off his tattooed, shaved head
Poppy-Moon Hurst and Vila Kula, tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, pose at Tobacco Dock
