2000 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 1st prize
Photographer

Zana Briski

01 January, 1999

Hasina, a sex worker, bathes in a Rambagan brothel. Over 6,000 sex workers operate in the Rambagan/Sonagachi red-light district, many of them forced into prostitution by poverty. The women come from all castes and religious backgrounds, and entertain clients from all levels of Indian society.

About the photographer

Zana Briski

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