Working girls : an American brothel, circa 1892, the secret photographs of William Goldman / Robert Flynn Johnson ; foreword, Dita Von Teese ; preface, Ruth Rosen ; essay, Dennita Sewell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, William, 1856-1922, photographer.

Contributor:

Johnson, Robert Flynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex workers--Pictorial works.

Sex workers.

Brothels--Pennsylvania--19th century--Pictorial works.

Brothels.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Glitterati Editions, 2018.

Summary:

"Working Girls chronicles the unique and artful private photographs of commercial photographer William Goldman, whose collection of work captures the deep appreciation and understanding of the group of women who lived and worked at a brothel in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1892. Taken two decades before the famous E.J. Bellocq photographs of the 1913 sex workers in Storyville, New Orleans, these beautifully produced photographs are the earliest known body of work on this subject in the United States, only now seeing the light of day."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.

ISBN:

1943876584

9781943876587

OCLC:

1055913122