"SOLANGE"

Sabrina MARIEZ


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Solange is now a 57-year-old mother of 6 children. She was born in Algeria; she has been a prostitute for 25 years. Women of ill repute, it has been a long time since I contemplated them. I was torn between loathing and questioning. I was slightly overwhelmed too. Who were they? What did they think about it? Once, I made up my mind to knock on their pane-windows of the vans, parked in the vicinity of Paris. I was determined to have a deeper insight of the Ladies. Firstly, they try to seduce me as they are used to doing with the customers. They were alluring and smiling. Aloof yet. Just one of them, the eldest of all, Solange who is 57, agreed finally to pose in my photographer’s project. Nevertheless, she wishes to stay anonymous. This series of pictures encourages us to discover this peculiar life. Harshly natural. The pictures highlight Solange’s testimony about her work, her customers, her family and her children. She agrees that I turn my amateurish photographer’s gaze on this day-to-day existence: on her way back to work, the flat where she lived with her dearest and nearest. Here are some pictures of her own life, the ones she willingly inclines to share with I- and with you, dear witnesses.

Sabrina Mariez


 

Country : France
Place : Paris

Number of photos : 20