So this is just an endorsement: Maya Goded's The Prostitutes of La Merced. The one in particular is here.
Has anyone attempted a similar project in Bombay, or elsewhere in India?
One Naresh (you know who you are) reminded me of Mary Ellen Mark who did such a project, on Falkland Road in the late '70s. Her book on the subject is Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay. Akshay (in comments) points to a Digital Journalist photo essay of some of Mark's photographs.
Stunning, sometimes heart-breaking shots.
2 comments:
"born into the brothels" did something different.
BTW, the Calcutta unionisation featured in April issue of Scientific American.
The Prostitutes of La Merced was a photo feature charged with feeling.
Mary Ellen did a feature on Falkland Road in the 70s a brilliant work by itself.
Here's the gallery
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0602/mark.html
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