NEVADA ROSE: INSIDE THE AMERICAN BROTHEL
MARC MCANDREWS
When you think of brothels, your mind usually goes to somewhere dirty and dingy. As photographer Marc McAndrews describes it: “I was expecting to find there would be someone out of a Nick Cave song: lost drifters and social misfits.” The sex workers and strong, entrepreneurial women McAndrews met are documented in Nevada Rose: Inside the American Brothel, a book which saw the photographer stay at 33 brothels, experiencing a lifestyle he didn’t expect. The project, which took place in 2005, aims to explore the lifestyle of ‘working girls’ and their relationship with their clients. “When most people think of prostitution, they think of illegal prostitution and all of the exploitative and negative consequences that go along with it,” McAndrews observes. “I think Nevada Rose shows a side where the women are not embarrassed or ashamed.” In this book, these girls own their lifestyle with pride – a far cry from the sad existence that McAndrews initially believed he would see.
[:mk]NEVADA ROSE: INSIDE THE AMERICAN BROTHEL
MARC MCANDREWS
When you think of brothels, your mind usually goes to somewhere dirty and dingy. As photographer Marc McAndrews describes it: “I was expecting to find there would be someone out of a Nick Cave song: lost drifters and social misfits.” The sex workers and strong, entrepreneurial women McAndrews met are documented in Nevada Rose: Inside the American Brothel, a book which saw the photographer stay at 33 brothels, experiencing a lifestyle he didn’t expect. The project, which took place in 2005, aims to explore the lifestyle of ‘working girls’ and their relationship with their clients. “When most people think of prostitution, they think of illegal prostitution and all of the exploitative and negative consequences that go along with it,” McAndrews observes. “I think Nevada Rose shows a side where the women are not embarrassed or ashamed.” In this book, these girls own their lifestyle with pride – a far cry from the sad existence that McAndrews initially believed he would see.