“A contract of mutual self-delusion exists between the caller and phone sex operator,” explains Phillip Toledano in his book Phonesex, published over a year ago. “The caller imagines he is speaking to his most secret fantasy-and the operator willingly plays the part. A phone sex operator must be able to understand the caller’s wants. But more importantly, they must be able to decrypt the unspoken desires. Those things that are too preposterous, too scandalous, or humiliating to articulate.”
The book presents about thirty phonesex operators that Toledano photographed in their own home where they usually work. Each of them shares his/her experience.
