Janssen Publishers was founded in Berlin, Germany in 1979 under the name Janssen Verlag by Volker Janssen - a former salesman, photographer & journalist.

He is also the founder of Galerie Janssen, which opened in 1981 as the first gallery worldwide on the subject of "Men in Art". The gallery published smaller items like postcards, posters & so on.

In the mid 80's Volker started to publish small catalogues to promote the gallery & the exhibiting artists. They sold well & the idea was born to publish photographic books.

In the late 80's Janssen Verlag grew into a publishing company that became more popular & successful than the gallery. High quality coffee table books were published featuring the work of European & international artists photographing the male nude. The first Ralf-König comic books were also published after he had his exhibition at Galerie Janssen. Janssen Publisher's book catalogue is now distributed worldwide, & is particularly popular with the US market.

In 1991 the Janssen Publishers mail order service was launched offering a huge A4 catalogue featuring an ever-expanding range of photographic art books, & new items like classic & modern male bronze statues, a t-shirt collection, rainbow flags & so on. There is something to suit every gay collector's taste.

In 1996 Volker sold Galerie Janssen (which still exists as a gay sex shop) & moved to Cape Town, South Africa. The publishing house was renamed to Janssen Publishers & started to operate from South Africa in 1997. After the move to Africa, Volker began to specialize in photo books featuring African & African American models & artists. In 2005 he launched the new periodical book series "BLACK" which is selling successfully worldwide.

Since 2009 Janssen Publishers is also a publisher of gay erotic DVDs. No porn mass production from California. More semi- professional movies from Africa with attractive young African models who have never posed nude in front of a camera and never been filmed having sex with another guy.

We also offer exclusive gay movies from Brazil and some rare classic sex movies from the early 1950's and 60's.

Thank you for your compliments & support over the last 30 years.