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abujagirl
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theguardian has an interesting piece on the lives of men and women who stay behind a phone to give others sexual pleasure.
In just a few seconds, a few mumbled words, a phone sex operator must try and understand the man or woman on the other end of the line. Who are they, and what do they want?
“It’s a contract of mutual self-delusion,” says the British photographer Phil Toledano, who has photographed phone sex operators in their homes, often in the rooms where they work. “The caller imagines he is speaking to his most secret fantasy,” he says. “And the operator willingly plays the part.”
Toledano has had to field a lot of questions about how, exactly, he found his subjects. “There’s always the beginnings of a wry smile on their face,” he says. “And no, it isn’t what you think – I didn’t suddenly receive enormous phone bills!”
His curiosity was piqued when he started seeing tiny adverts hidden away in mainstream, respectable newspapers and magazines. Toledano put an ad on Craigslist and found his first subject.
From there, he tracked down nearly 30 phone sex operators all over America. He travelled to their homes, interviewed them and took their portraits. The relationship was entirely, and honestly, defined by the operators.
Click here to read more
SOURCE: theguardian
In just a few seconds, a few mumbled words, a phone sex operator must try and understand the man or woman on the other end of the line. Who are they, and what do they want?
“It’s a contract of mutual self-delusion,” says the British photographer Phil Toledano, who has photographed phone sex operators in their homes, often in the rooms where they work. “The caller imagines he is speaking to his most secret fantasy,” he says. “And the operator willingly plays the part.”
Toledano has had to field a lot of questions about how, exactly, he found his subjects. “There’s always the beginnings of a wry smile on their face,” he says. “And no, it isn’t what you think – I didn’t suddenly receive enormous phone bills!”
His curiosity was piqued when he started seeing tiny adverts hidden away in mainstream, respectable newspapers and magazines. Toledano put an ad on Craigslist and found his first subject.
From there, he tracked down nearly 30 phone sex operators all over America. He travelled to their homes, interviewed them and took their portraits. The relationship was entirely, and honestly, defined by the operators.
Click here to read more
SOURCE: theguardian
