Holy Bible of Paraphilia / New Testament 2017-2020 – Preview of the first book of Hungarian artist, Billy Laviere. You can find more Billy Laviere on Pineapple by clicking here.
Paraphilia means deviant or abnormal sexual behavior. People who are attracted to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals fall into this category. It is debated whether paraphilias should be listed in diagnostic manuals, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Similarly, homosexuality was at one time discussed as a sexual deviation and now is widely accepted to be a normal variant of human sexuality as it has been removed from DSM-5.
This series scrutinizes paraphilia, a sexual taboo in Hungarian photography and culture, in context of its liminality between the normal and abnormal. It presents fantasies in an realistic way.
Following Anil Aggrawal’s groundbreaking studies of paraphilias, this photobook is a cyclopedic visual presentation of the subject.
Photobook
110 pages, 50 black and white photographs
130g matt paper
size: 215x154x12 mm
explicit content
unpublished pictures
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