Punk Cinderella
People modify their body from the beginning of times, anyone have his own motivation. Manzana start tattoo her body when she was 18 because her father deny her to have a tattoo so she leaved home, got her first tattoo and never stopped doing that. Soon later she started tattoo other people. She worked for long time in tattoo studios but everytime, being a female, was forced to do cleaning. She so decide to start working in her home where she lives with her lover and other modified artist guys. All of them work in body modifications, all of them are heavily modified and are happy being so.
Tlalnepantla, 2018-11-07, Manzana watching Mudo working in his new studio. She sometimes assist him when he does body implants. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-25, Manzana uses the living room as a tattoo studio but she is very careful about cleaning and sanitization. She before worked in many tattoo studios but because, being a female, she was always asked to do the cleaning too, she decided to work at home until she found her own studio. 
Mexico City, 2018-11-07, Mudo have a studio as piercer and body modifier in at own called Tlalnepantla one hour of train outside Mexico City where the rent are cheaper. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30, The Mexico City’s iconic view of the Tower of Latin-America from the balcony of Manzana’s old house where she lives with her friends all modified artist. Before she lived in the outskirts of Mexico City, but there, in addition to paying rent, she was forced to pay fee to the gangs to stay. So he decided to come to the center, which is much safer, even if it is more expensive. Now he lives in a shabby house on the roof of an old building. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30, Manzana is cooking the dinner for her love and the others inhabitant of the house. They have an old kitchen but they only have water in the house balcony. 
Mexico City, 2018-04,12, Crico, a friend of Manzana, has a cross rood implanted under the skin of his left hand and inasmuch as he is a bikes activist a Bike tattoo on his fingers. Manzana’s boyfriend Mudo did the implant. 
Mexico City, 2018-11-06. Manzana, her boyfriend and the other boys don’t go out much in the evening after work because they don’t have much money but Manzana loves ice cream a lot and can’t give up this little pleasure. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30, On the wall one of the numerous Manzana’s painting of tattooed women that decorate the house. outside on the left the Dante’s and Deya’s room, two other artist living there, built with wood in the balcony. In the right the washhouse on the balcony is the only place with running water of the house. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-12, Mudo is Manzana’s boyfriend. He works as piercer and modifier in a studio one hour outside Mexico city. 
Mexico City, 2018-07-03, Manzana shows tattoo position to her client and friend Mariana. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-25, She is the dog of Manzana’s boyfriend, Mudo. Is a Xoloitzcuintli, an hairless mexican dog that according to pre-hispanic legends accompanies the dead in the world of the afterlife. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-13, Feer Bones and Lukas, friend of the house, watch Manzana tattooing in the living room of her house. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30, As well as with many virtual friends, Manzana uses a lot of social networks to stay in touch and find clients for her work as a tattoo artist. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30, When it rains hard is a problem because the only running water of the house is outside on the balcony. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-12. Kbza , friend of the house, is one master of modifications, body suspension and piercing, works in the Vintage Tattoo Studio. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-13. Feer Bones, Lukas and a friend posing for a selfie 
Mexico City, 2018-04-12, Enrique, another inhabitant of the house, and his dog Cintli. He is a Xoloitzcuintli, the mexican hairless breed of dogs. 
Mexico City, 2018-11-07. The four friends waiting a bus to go to the Mudo’s new studio. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-12, Dante, another piercer living in thee same house, has two implants in the right hand. the upper one has a screw threading to change the jewelry. The implants were made by Mudo, the Manzana boyfriend. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-30. Deya, Dante’s girlfriend, showing proudly her forked tongue. She is the only one in the house that doesn’t work in body modifications, she is studying to become a nurse. 
Tlalnepantla, 2018-11-07, Manzana and Mudo go to buy some used furniture for the new Mudo studio. 
Mexico City, 2018-06-25, Every corner of Manzana house is filled with piece of art done by Manzana and the other artist living there. 
Mexico City, 2018-07-03. Manzana tattooing Mariana’s leg. 
Mexico City, 2018-04-12, Manzana posing with one of her typical painting representing tattooed women heads. Besides tattooing the other passion of Manzana is painting, she paints hundreds of pictures representing chests or heads of tattooed women that she sells to her fans. 
Mexico City, 2018-07-06, When finally Mudo comes back from work they can cuddle themselves. 
Xiuhcòatl: “Amiga y por decidiste perder tu identidad?” Manzana:”No la perdì solo la decore!” 
Manzana made this painting for me as a present. Thank you!!!