#Fakir Musafar

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Fakir Musafar (1930-2018), Godfather of modern piercing and body modification, and the “Perfect Gentleman.” 🇺🇸

Born Roland Loomis, Fakir spoke of dreams and memories of past lives that in turn motivated his isolated fascination with body modification, a practice he had began on himself during his preteen years, isolated from any subculture of tattoos and piercings that could have influenced him, that is, beyond National Geographic magazines that studied the subject of “primitives” in some depth at the time.

Starting in the 50s, Fakir began a practice of self documentation and self photography of his practice with corsets, piercing, and suspension. He was married, served in the army, and by many opinions lived a normal life, having a job as a higher up at a Silicon Valley ad agency. It wasn’t until 1977 he “came out” and showed his story and practice to the world. This was also when he adopted the name “Fakir Musafar,” after an ancient body piercer.

Fakir never turned back, guesting and speaking tireless on television, at conventions, and in print. Even going as far as to run his own photographic piercing quarterly publication for nearly a decade. Changing the course of what body modification meant to the western world forever.

On August 1st, 2018 he passed away from lung cancer so this means it has been six years without him. RIP.

Last Picture is a scan by @t.archivist on IG

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Fakir Musafar, Nineteen inches, 1959

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On Fakir Musafar, Piercing, and a Piece of Sideshow News

Born this day, Fakir Musafar (Roland Loomis, 1930-2018). Loomis was a lot of things over the course of his life: an advertising executive, an Arthur Murray Dance Instructor, a demolitions specialist with the U.S. Army. He had degrees in both electrical engineering and creative writing. But what he is best known for is being an influential pioneer of piercing and body modification. Obviously,…

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Tiny getting her nose pierced, piercing and photo by Fakir Musafar (1981)

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Corseted waist (cis male); body shaping trend among cis men. Fakir Musafar (fig.I) is famous for experiencing pain as pleasure, through means of corsetery, body piercing and mutilation.

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How Fakir Musafar made a few of history’s most extreme body modifications – Beautifaire

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Ok but, how am I just finding out that Dennis Avner(stalking cat) passed away years ago? I'm so upset, rest in power tiger. ♡

You were such a great inspiration to me, to finally not be afraid to express myself. Fakir Musafar too, but at least he was old enough to go(so to speak.)

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Fakir Musafar