When Whanganui photographer Richard Wotton was looking for a new project to work on, he remembered the photos he took of tattoo shops in the 1980s.
"I had this bright idea that instead of photographing tattoo parlours, I could photograph the customers - people with tattoos," Mr Wotton said.
The result is Marking Time, a series of black and white portraits of people with tattoos. The show is currently on at Sarjeant on the Quay.
Out of the 120 portraits of people with tattoos that Mr Wotton made, 45 were selected for the exhibition.
"I was just looking for a project to work on, but in the early stages I realised it had the potential to become an exhibition," he said.