Zana Briski

Fellowship Title:

Beauty and the Brothel

Beauty and the Brothel: Prostitutes and AIDS in India

Zana Briski

August 29, 2002

Fellowship Year

2000

Inside a brothel room. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Paper butterflies decorating a brothel room. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

A drunk customer who has fallen down the stairs inside the brothel. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

A sex worker walks by in the brothel, going back to her room. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Detail from the wall of a brothel room. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

A sex worker takes an afternoon nap on a bench in the corridor. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Negotiations between customers and sex workers on the third and fourth floors of the brothel. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Rina dresses in her sari to prepare for the evening's work. 2001 © Zana BRISKI — Rina dresses in her sari to prepare for the evening’s work. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

The shadows of customers in the lane outside the brothel. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

A staircase in a brothel. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Gita, Beauty's madam, yanks Beauty by her braid in front of customers to keep her in line. Gita is in charge of ten to fifteen women who operate out of one room but rent others by the night as needed. 2001 © Zana BRISKI — Gita, Beauty’s madam, yanks Beauty by her braid in front of customers to keep her in line. Gita is in charge of ten to fifteen women who operate out of one room but rent others by the night as needed. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Sunita, Kavita and others wait in the lane outside the brothel for customers. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

Puja and her customer Kanu. 2001 © Zana BRISKI

© 2002
Zana Briski

Zana Briski

FELLOWSHIP TITLE

Beauty and the Brothel

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