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Ethan Gregory Dodge

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Covers:  tattooing, mormonism, tech
✍🏻 Writer 📸 Photographer 💾 Hacker 👔 Secular Mormon. I don’t post here anymore. My website will always have my updated socials.

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Ethan Gregory Dodge is a writer and photographer with a professional background in cybersecurity. Raised in Utah Valley, his personal writing often grapples with his identity as a non-believing Mormon. His journalistic works primarily investigate the hidden aspects of Mormonism, explore the ever-evolving practice of tattooing, and document culture in his newfound home of San Jose, California. His pieces have appeared in the VICE, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Salt Lake Tribune, and many othe…

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Temple Tattoo moves on: Beloved Oakland institution begins next chapter in Temescal Original

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By Ethan Gregory Dodge Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Freddy Corbin poses for a photo at Temple Tattoo 13 in Oakland on July 17, 2025. Corbin opened the shop as a consolidation of his two previous shops, Temple Tattoo and Tattoo 13. Jungho Kim/For the S.F. Chronicle The number 13 reflects the afternoon sun at Temple Tattoo 13 in Oakland. Jungho Kim/For the S.F. Chronicle Decorations line the walls at Temple Tattoo 13 in Oakland.
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Ed Hardy’s legendary S.F. tattoo shop is shutting down, but fans can still get inked by former employees. Here’s how

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By Ethan Gregory Dodge Verified
| Datebook SF Verified
Tattoo artist Jen Lee, center, prepares to give a tattoo to Kate Anderson of San Diego at Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City in San Francisco on Nov. 4. The tattoo shop will be closing at the end of this year. Photo: Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle Ed Hardy’s influence is truly difficult to measure, spanning thousands of tattoo artists across the globe. But only a few dozen had the luck of working with him on a regular basis before his health took a turn for the worse. Even fewer remain in the Bay Area.
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Tracing Ed Hardy’s global influence on tattoo design and roots in San Francisco

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By Ethan Gregory Dodge Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
1945 Donald Edward Talbott Hardy was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in the Orange County neighborhood Corona del Mar. “My father was serving in World War II, and my mother went to live with her parents while he was away,” Hardy wrote in his 2013 memoir.
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