We are quite used to receiving emails from wannabe porn stars with no idea of the hard work involved in making a living from adult modelling but a few weeks ago a young man phoned us out of the blue and told us he had been waiting two years to have this conversation. We were intrigued as to why he had waited so long; had he perhaps been plucking up the courage all this time? "No," came the answer from the young voice, " I have been waiting to turn eighteen..."
Lads' Mags
As pornography saturates our culture, more than a few teenagers who read lads' mags and watch porn from a very early age think the best way to meet and bed beautiful women would be if they too were porn actors. Once however they gain confidence in their own pulling power and find girlfriends of their own, the former fantasy soon fades away. Joe has been watching porn since he was ten years of age; he had his first orgasm watching a movie at twelve, but now aged eighteen even, after having sex with many girls, the dream of being a porn star just won't go away.
Young Turk
It is unusual to find a boy from a Turkish Cypriot background who is actively looking for work in this kind of business (we think it is unheard of in the even closer knit Greek Cypriot community) and Little Joe as he's known to his friends says his religious relatives who live nearby would absolutely disapprove. We were still concerned about the ramifications of Lil' Joe being photographed naked though and insisted we meet for a frank discussion face to face, with his big brother in tow, to dispell a few myths about a career in porn; we have warned him not to give up his training as a plumber but as his dream of just being photographed was drawing nearer he couldn't stop grinning with excitement.
Losin' it
Clearly Joe is not the only liberal member of his family and we soon learned that he lost his cherry in true Mediterranean style to an older woman thanks to his uncle, who upon deciding one day it was high time the under-aged boy should now become a man, asked one of the girls who worked in his cafe if she wouldn't mind bedding his nephew after work. Apparently the 28-year-old Eastern European girl hadn't got very much time to offer as her boyfriend was on his way to meet her but said she could spare fifteen minutes and besides, as Lil' Joe cheekily puts it, "She owed my uncle a favour and would also earn herself a free kebab..."
Means to an End
Since the day he was ridden cowgirl style by his fifteen-minute stand, Lil' Joe has known he wants to show-off for the camera. He really is a confident and tough little cookie with a sensitive kind personality who is pretty fearless. He offered us tea and a slice of his first ever baked cake as we arrived at his home to photograph him, plus the use of his mum's bedroom for his debut shoot. We declined the offer out of respect and anyway, we thought you would enjoy seeing him in his own room instead.