This Is Phone Sex

Photographer Phillip Toledano's new book chronicles the faces behind 1-900 lines. A short preview was featured on Mother Jones and the insight in to the world of fantasy fulfillment is fascinating, a world where the point is not knowing everything about the person on the other end of the line.

"Just last night I received possibly the most disturbing phone sex call I’d had in a long time. A caller shot himself with me on the phone."

"I'm 60 years old, I have a BA in cultural anthropology from Columbia University, and I've been married for 25 years. I make twice the money I made in the corporate world."

                    

"I see myself as a love doctor, or even a psychiatrist. I am a Venus or goddess of love. I create a sense of community for my regulars, including the closeted & married bi or gay men. I try to heal the wounds that our closed-minded society inflicts. It may sound weird, but it's true."

"Definitely the most amusing part about the job was when my partner would be in the room with me, usually reading while I worked. I'd usually try to avoid eye contact with her during a call, because I'd see her stifling a smirk and I'd start laughing uncontrollably."