Yoshiko Kusano: Bordelle

Unlike most photographic works on prostitution which show the people themselves, Yoshiko's photo essay focuses on the rooms. Photographed without artificial light, in brothels across Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Japan, the interiors reveal not only the clichés of what an erotically charged atmosphere should look like, but also reflect the tastes, origins and longings of the women, and more broadly the design sensibility prevalent in each respective country.