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The Babies Hardcover - 2001

by Polly Borland; Susan Sontag (); Polly Borland (Photographer)


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As perversions go, infantilism is little known, and even less understood. Imagine fully grown men wanting to revive their earliest days -- dressed in diapers, dipped in baths, and "fed" from breasts -- as a means to sexual stimulation or familial comfort. Now imagine trying to document this -- yes, that thought that just popped into your head is right -- and you have an idea of the Herculean effort Borland went through to grapple with and understand people with this type of fetish.

Portrait-photographer-by-trade Polly Borland compassionately explores this surreal world, artfully framing the inner lives of adult babies alongside their outer manifestations. Many of these men -- who function in society as truck drivers, accountants, and teachers -- suffered as children and were left obsessed with the warmth and care experienced by other infants and toddlers. So they dress up in adult-sized baby clothes, powder their own bottoms, and...do what babies do, all in an attempt to recreate that lost attachment. And sometimes to get aroused.

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  • Title The Babies
  • Author Polly Borland; Susan Sontag (); Polly Borland (Photographer)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition. F
  • Pages 1
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher powerHouse Books, New York City, NY
  • Date July 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781576870839 / 1576870839
  • Weight 2.04 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 10.6 x 0.68 in (24.89 x 26.92 x 1.73 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00058465
  • Dewey Decimal Code 779.2
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