Chiefly photographs pertaining to Fakir Musafar and his work in body modification and related spiritual practice. This work focuses particularly on piercing as well as corseting, tattooing, branding, and other modifications identified with the "modern primitive" movement.

Fakir Musafar (born Roland Loomis) is known for his fifty years of research and personal exploration of primitive body decoration and rituals. Fakir introduced concepts and practices for the "body-first" approach to explore spirituality in art, body modifications, SM and what he called "body play". Fakir's practices have been shown and his views expressed in the 1985 film Dances Sacred & Profane, in the 2013 film Body Of God, and in RE/Search publications 1986 book Modern Primitives (a term Fakir coined in 1979 to describe himself and a few kindred spirits).

13400 photographs : approximately 13,400 photographs in 8 boxes (prints and text), 6 boxes (negatives), 1 carton (papers), 4 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders

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Collection is open for research. Negatives and slides available by appointment only. Some specified materials have been restricted due to privacy concerns. Digital files are unprocessed and unavailable for use.