These photographs are part of an on-going documentary project about the lives of sex workers in New York City. This series focuses on the community of women who live and work in the streets of Hunts Point in the South Bronx. As I have continued to work consistently with the same women over time it has become clear to me how vulnerable they are to abuse and how few resources are available to them. Most have expressed the feeling that what they do is honest work, which they do because they feel they have few other viable options. In documenting these women’s lives I hope to counter the de-humanizing imagery of sex workers that is so prevalent in mainstream media by challenging the viewer to really look at who these women are and what their lives are like. My goal is not to provide answers but rather to pose questions and provoke dialogue.

Nina. Southern Boulevard, South Bronx 2007.