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Ákos Bánfalvi (Sajószentpéter, Hungary, Europe, 28.02.1976). Hungarian music and tattoo journalist and author of different books both in Hungary and internationally.

Ákos Bánfalvi is a well-known Hungarian journalist and principal contributor of magazines like Hungarian Tattoo Magazine and Tattoo Galéria. Everything began with his love for rock music. Ákos started his career as a music journalist during his teens and soon became principal contributor for Hungarian RockinforM Magazine. He worked for this magazine for more than 15 years and during this period wrote six successful books about bands like Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Junkies, Hungarian melodic rock band Hooligans etc. Beside these he worked for years as a host and editor for different rock/metal radio and television programs.

Later his interest turned more and more towards tattoos and now he is living for this kind of art. He started working for Hungarian Tattoo Magazine in the Summer of 2007. Since then he has contributed interviews every month with tattooed bands, tattoo photographers, tattoo artists, tattooed models and other artists from all around the world for two different Hungarian tattoo magazines. Beside these, Ákos works occasionally for the English tattoo magazine Total Tattoo and US digital tattoo magazine InkSpired.

The US publishing company Wolfgang Publications released the first international book of Ákos work, called The Colorful World of Tattoo Models, in the fall of 2012. That book was followed by three bookazines done in collaboration with Timothy Remus and published by Wilkison Publishing: World’s Best Tattoo Models Vol. 1, Vol. 2 (Through the Lens), Vol. 3 and Vol. 4. After these, Ákos’ next books are: Ink N’ Girls Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and The Modern Masters of Tattooing published by Schiffer Publishing in 2014.