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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to prostitution
Prostitutes and courtesans
2Courtesans
Photographers
3Eugène Atget: Brothels, prostitutes and nudes
4E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits
5Brassaï: Prostitution and Rue Quincampoix, Paris
6Georges Thiry: Prostitutes
7Anders Petersen: Café Lehmitz
8Larry Clark: Teenage Lust
9Mary Ellen Mark: Falkland Road

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