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Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners
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Item Number: PAUL
Manufacturer: Paulie & Pauline
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Photographs by Paulie & Pauline and Forward by Tristan Taormino
Porn stars are lightning
rods. In a society that both voraciously consumes pornography and virulently
condemns it, pornography has always been as a divisive barometer. And in spite
of the recent dialogue regarding the “pornification” of
America, porn
performers remain a group of people who are consistently pushed to the margins
of our society.
A palpable hostility underlies many of the
assumptions commonly held about porn stars. In particular, the pervasive
condemnation that pornography is inherently dehumanizing often ends up used to
actively deny porn performers their humanity. As a group, they are dismissed as
incapable of many of the things valued by the public at large, among them
stability, family, and loving relationships.
Photographers Paulie & Pauline stepped behind the scenes
of the porn industry to take an intimate look at the private life of ten porn
stars and the significant others in their lives, including Jesse Jane, Tera
Patrick, Seymore Butts, Mari Possa, Kylie Ireland, Buck Angel, Nicki Hunter,
and Lorelei Lee. What they discovered was not a collection of people whose work
as porn performers reduced them to damaged, jaded victims who need to be
rescued and rehabilitated. Instead, they found a group of acutely self-aware
individuals who, along with their partners, embrace their choices to work in
porn and thrive on the solidity of their romantic relationships. The photos in
Off the Set attempt to capture the beauty of the genuine bonds shared by these
couples. Much as if you were permitted to peer into their private journals,
this collection of photos aspires to reveal their vulnerability and, most of
all, their humanity.
In addition to more than 100 b/w and color photos,
the book also features a foreword written by sex educator Tristan Taormino, and
several essays on the realities of relationships for porn performers written by
the stars themselves.
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