- The pandemic transformed life around the planet for months and left more than six million dead until the vaccines arrived.
- People all over the planet lost family members: it is estimated that psychological damage affects more than twice as many as those who died from covid.
- One of the most important realistic tattoo artists in the world decided to donate his art to transform pain into an indelible memory.
As of the beginning of July 2022, there were around 555 million global Covid cases. Some 530 million people recovered from the disease, while there were 6.35 million deaths.
The United States, India and Brazil have been among the countries hardest hit by the pandemic.
The economic impact was also devastating, leading to unemployment and poverty for millions. In 2020, the global gross domestic product fell by 6.8 percent as a result of the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
In Latin America it was worse: the total loss of GDP amounted to 8.5 percent.
The compassionate tattoo artist
The pandemic reconfigured entire families. People around the world had to reconstitute themselves as best they could, in the midst of a fierce economic crisis.
Knowing this, a Peruvian tattoo artist who works throughout Latin America launched a campaign in which offers his work for free to people who have lost someone to the disease.
Is named Henry Angles and began with the charity campaign with the idea of resignifying the pain of death through artistic expressions.
Anglas is one of the most important realistic tattooists in the region, his work is valued throughout the world.
He began his career in humble neighborhoods of Peruvian cities and today he travels the world showing his work.
A native of Junín, a small town in the Peruvian Andes, he later traveled to Argentina, where he currently lives with his family.
At 39 years old, Anglas has already received awards in Europe and the US.
Turn pain into art
From a very young age, Anglas made portraits in pencil. Those same works, over time, he transferred them to the skin.
The death of his older brother, Frank Anglas Soto, led the tattoo artist to have the desire to transform people’s pain into art.
This is how the idea was born to now pay tribute to loved ones who died in the months of the pandemic.
As Henry shows on instagram, he works with the help of his relatives in this solidarity initiative that has gained the interest of the world’s media: tattooing people who have lost relatives for free.
Tattoos are the faces of the deceased, a tribute that will remain engraved on the skin of those who remain in this world.
“There are people who leave a mark on our hearts, on our lives. And beyond that they are no longer with us, memories help us feel them closer to us. Wearing them on our skin is a way of having them close to us and that they accompany us forever. It is our tribute and thanks for having been so special in our life, ”says Henry on Instagram for the campaign he called Tattoo Eterno.
The action carried out by Henry is a true example of social marketing and commitment to others that is generating a lot of conversation on social networks.
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