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Gentlemen’s Club, 2019

Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.
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In 2015, in order to reach a better visual balance in the representation of sex work, I put an advert in a newspaper looking for clients who were willing to pose in exchange of money, many men responded and it became the first chapter of Gentlemen’s Club. For 7 years, I traveled to the cities that have a link with the business to collect 100 images and interviews. The cities are Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai.

Prostitution has been presented focusing on those who sell their body. We know all the details of the crime involved and the sweating bodies of the girls trapped in dirty rooms, but the faces and motivations of the clients are still a mystery. The sacred law of supply and demand seems to vanish for this business.

All the men were asked about their first experience, motivations, feelings and opinions, and all the men were paid for their time and for sharing their privacy with an unknown person that is me.

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The Kabuler



One-off magazine entitled ‘The Kabuler’ by Magnum photographers  Cristina de Middel and Lorenzo Meloni. Accompanied by essays, interviews, and stories, The Kabuler presents a nuanced image of Afghanistan, in which they have not shied away from light-hearted subjects and humour.

How do you photograph one of the world’s most documented regions of the past twenty years? This is what Cristina de Middel (b. 1975) and Lorenzo Meloni (b. 1983) asked themselves when they travelled to Afghanistan together. Previously, De Middel had been successful with her conceptual projects, while Meloni had visited many conflict zones as a war photographer.

The photos of De Middel and Meloni have now been published in the form of a magazine, The Kabuler, as a nod to American weekly magazines. It contains articles, interviews, and opinion pieces, but they have also made room for lighter topics and even humor. With this publication they hope to honour the multiplicity of voices within Afghan society and the country’s complicated history.

  • Year: 2023
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 128
  • Dimensions: 22 x 27,5 cm
  • Publisher: This Book is True

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