Photographers Adrienne Raquel and Elizabeth Waterman interrogate each other about strip clubs, regional variations and the power of Black beauty.
. But we’re still looked down upon when we’re the generators of this image.” Did you get any feedback from the dancers about what that’s like for them?The dancers were more than happy to be part of the project. No one objected. Films like “” and hip-hop artists like Cardi B and City Girls depict sex work and stripping in such a glamorous light. Whereas when you actually go inside these clubs, you see that it’s not easy. I made it very clear — when I was getting consent — how they would be shown.
In the South, strippers are celebrated in many ways. I don’t know how many friends of friends I have who are strippers. And I think that it doesn’t hold the same negative regard that it does in other places.The South was the one place I really didn’t go and hearing you talk about it makes me really want to. I definitely felt the urban clubs I went to in other cities had more of a celebratory vibe. They were the most fun.
I received a lot of messages from people who took their families, like: “Thank you so much for doing this, my grandmother saw this and she is usually against everything but she thought it was beautiful.” Ultimately that was the goal, to shift people’s perceptions of what exotic dancers and the women that work in these spaces represent.My favorite pictures in the book were the portraits in the locker rooms.
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