Forty and Done- Aging Sex-Workers, India (24 images)
The moment the sex workers hit their forties they are virtually done for. The clients don't come to them, their families don't want them, they have no money to buy medicines for the many venereal diseases they suffer from and even the media doesn't want their sound bites anymore. In the red-light districts of India the elderly are relegated to the lowest hierarchy in their Kothas. They are expected to clean, wash, run errands for the younger and more- in- demand sex-workers if they want to...
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A sex worker keeps vi..ndia
After many unsuccessful attempts i managed to...
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Aging Sex Workers Pho..ssay
Photo-essay on Aging Sex Workers
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Ageing sex workers in..ndia
Ageing sex workers in india
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Will someone look thi..elhi
A middle aged Sex Worker tries in vain to catch...
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Sex workers in their ..ndia
Sex workers wait in their dingy kothas for...
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Broken railing in the..elhi
Broken railing in the kotha balcony in a red...
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Aging sex-workers wai..otha
Aging sex-workers waits for customers on the...
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The Kotha steps at th..ndia
The Kotha steps at the red-light area in india
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Steep dark stairs lea..elhi
sex workers often wait at the steep pan-stained...
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Beware of pimps at re..ndia
Pimps often double up as pickpockets and goons...
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Below the Kothas at t..ndia
For those who live and work at the infamous G....
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Sex-workers are often..eas.
Sex-workers are often seen at the windows from...
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A brothel at G. B Roa..ndia
A care-taker of a brother at G. B. Road. Most...
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Watching television i..ndia
Sex workers in a brothel watching TV in the...
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A sex worker in her kotha
Sex workers kothas.
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Children of sex-worke..ndia
Non- Governmental organizations arrange for a...
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Secular in faith, Sex..ndia
The sex-workers have no one religion. They...
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Against the wall. Pli..ndia
Up against the wall. Life is tough when youth...
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Their entertainments-..elhi
As night falls the sex-workers watch TV ( a...
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A young pimp stand on..elhi
I shot this from the window of one sex-worker....
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Fading with age- Agei..elhi
An old sex-worker in old delhi, india
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Reflecting lonesome- ..elhi
No Company. With no clients and no money the...
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Old sex worker in a k..elhi
The older the sex-worker becomes, the bigger...
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A young man makes his..elhi
Dark narrow stairs lead up the the khotas of...