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Nevada Brothels
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In Brothels of Nevada, photographer Timothy Hursley offers a view of this unknown side of America. He exposes the sites in all their variety and complexity, from neon signs on double-wide trailers, to red-toned bars where workers and customers meet, to bedrooms lined with velvet and lace. Far from risqué, the images are poignant reminders of how little brothels differ from many American settings. Hursley photographs twenty-five houses, roughly the entire sex industry, in views from the mid-1980s to today. Brothels of Nevada includes large well-known places like the Chicken Ranch and Mustang Ranch as well as tiny houses off the beaten track, like Angel's Ladies and Bobbie's Buckeye Bar. Alexa Albert addreses how the design of the brothels affects the work they house.
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The controversy about the Nevada brothel system impelled a journalist to go and interview brothel workers herself. They, not her, refute Farley’s claims. They don’t go out of their way to paint a rosy picture. Their view tends to be one like a lot of workers — the job works for them but it’s not perfect. They like the potential money. They ... like the freedom to do their job without the threat of arrest hanging over their heads.
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Interesting wire feature (with no byline) about Nevada's legal brothels. The article looks at the renovations of Sheri's Ranch, which a new owner plans to turn into a luxury resort brothel with a more public profile. Some in the brothel business fear this plan might upset the peaceful coexistence of legal brothels with their communities: "He cannot supermarket the brothel business without it eventually being made illegal in that county. The brothels survive by not being too visible. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's going to always be legal."
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