Revealing who’s on the other end
By Dave
July 11th, 2008 | Leave a comment
New York photographer Phillip Toledano went deep behind the scenes to develop the material for his new picture book, Phonesex, due out this fall. Even if you haven’t, um, participated, you’ve seen the TV ads for phone “companionship” featuring attractive people playfully cavorting as they chat on the phone.
Well, if you think that’s how it actually works, you might be a tad disappointed.
Writes VerShortList.com: “Its putative allure lies partly in the mystery of who could be on the other end of the phone line, but in his new photo gallery at the online magazine the Morning News, New York–based photographer Phillip Toledano puts faces to the disembodied voices.
“Not surprisingly, the subjects aren’t beauties, but their appearance gives the images more punch: When you think of the roles the operators play convincingly and what they really look like, you know you’re seeing a true testament to the power of the imagination.”
What redeeming quality does this book offer society? We’re not sure, maybe it humanizes the disembodied voice we imagine is talking on the other end of the line. But we never call those lines, do we?
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