Jerome Marot
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For reasons too long to explain, I realised lately a whole series of photographs on local brothels, seen from the outside.
Some explanations about the local laws may be necessary for a better understanding. Brothels are legal in Germany, but they are restricted to designated areas. In most large German cities, these areas are rooted in history and not necessarily extremely far away from the city centre. Not so in Munich: before the Olympic games of 1972, the city tried to clean its reputation and closed the historical places. Consequently brothels are confined to peripheral zones outside the city centre. In the same zones, one will find small and medium size industry and, at least to my eyes, the mixing was strange. One will for example see body car repairs or construction firms in the same street, sometimes even in the same building.
I took the pictures in the morning. The places are lighted to be more enticing at night, but I wanted to show the places in a more abstract, documentary manner. Curiously, there are many pictures of brothels from the inside on the Internet, but very few pictures of the actual houses. Of course, they are simply houses and that is not considered interesting.
I'll post a few selected pictures from the series, not the whole series.
Some explanations about the local laws may be necessary for a better understanding. Brothels are legal in Germany, but they are restricted to designated areas. In most large German cities, these areas are rooted in history and not necessarily extremely far away from the city centre. Not so in Munich: before the Olympic games of 1972, the city tried to clean its reputation and closed the historical places. Consequently brothels are confined to peripheral zones outside the city centre. In the same zones, one will find small and medium size industry and, at least to my eyes, the mixing was strange. One will for example see body car repairs or construction firms in the same street, sometimes even in the same building.
I took the pictures in the morning. The places are lighted to be more enticing at night, but I wanted to show the places in a more abstract, documentary manner. Curiously, there are many pictures of brothels from the inside on the Internet, but very few pictures of the actual houses. Of course, they are simply houses and that is not considered interesting.
I'll post a few selected pictures from the series, not the whole series.