Real Dolls Meet Fine Art Photography

Friend and fellow writer Bonnie Powell first introduced me to the wonders of Real Dolls by pointing me to Web sites instructing on how to repair these amazingly realistic sex companions. Now, fine art photographer Elena Dorfman has produced a book documenting the dolls and the men who love them. It's called "Still Lovers" and is published as part of Channel Photographics debut season.

Channel's catalog describes the book as such:
"Since the beginning of human history dolls have served as symbolic selves, as icons for religious fervor, effigies that represent different sides of the psyche, as surrogates in therapy sessions, as child's play and adult fantasy. They are the vehicles of our cultural imagination, proxies we animate with our ideas and ideals. In Still Lovers, Elena Dorfman explores the complex relationships between life-sized, synthetic dolls and their owners. For many, the idea of the sex doll conjures images of the kitschy inflatable, but these expensive, highly realistic dolls, which owners customize down to the smallest detail, are far from silly, and they perform more than a sexual role for thier owners."