Would you trust a stranger to tattoo you and not even have a say in what it is?
Visitors to a London art gallery did just that, showing a unique way of putting blind faith in humanity.
The concept is simple - put your arm in a hole in the wall, and get a free tattoo. The thing is nobody, other than the tattooist, knows what it's going to be.
It's the brainchild of New York-based tattoo artist Scott Campbell, who's been plying his trade for 20 years.
"I'd always fantasised... what if I had a scenario where I could tattoo with the same amount of freedom as I would paint on a canvas," he says.
Willing participants, including Cameron Ward, sat for an hour in the Lazarides Gallery while Campbell inked their arms.
"I'm not worried, I like Scott's work and I trust him," Mr Ward said. "That's the point of the exhibition, right?"
Some people queued for three days in the hope they'd be picked for the exhibition, called Whole Glory.
Successful punters, only about six per day, were chosen by lottery.
Campbell says like a horoscope or palm reading, everyone's developed their own meanings and emotions from the design he puts on them.
"Almost every single person at some point pulled me aside and was like: 'Hey man, I just want to say thanks because obviously I got the best one'," he says.
"And I love that dynamic that everyone thought theirs was the best."
For many people, the story of the tattoo is more important than what it actually is, and for these lucky few like Mr Ward, they've got one heck of a story to tell.
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