Body Play

Body Play and Modern Primitives Quarterly was a magazine founded in 1992[1] and published by Fakir Musafar.

It contained information, commentary and interviews pertaining to advanced topics in body modification such as human branding, suspension (body modification), contortionism and binding.

[2] The magazine was not limited to technical information and images but also contained historical information about the development of modern piercing culture, such as the origins of the daith piercing.

[3] The magazine had difficulty growing beyond 500 subscribers and large mainstream distributors were hesitant to carry material pertaining to the alternative lifestyle depicted in the publication.

[1] A printed compilation of photography first published in Body Play Magazine was compiled by Fakir under the title Body Play: The Self-Images of Fakir Musafar