Texto y fotografías: Carla Alejandra Yovane Pérez
Un ensayo fotográfico que captura momentos íntimos, ocultos y a veces tormentosos de hombres prostitutos y sus clientes masculinos en el centro de Santiago de Chile. La industria del sexo es una de las más antiguas del mundo, sin embargo, en nuestra sociedad tratamos de mantener esta realidad fuera de la vista. Este es un ensayo que retrata una visión de un mundo masculino que rara vez está documentado. Estas imágenes fueron tomadas dentro de habitaciones de moteles antes y después de que ellos tuvieran relaciones sexuales con su cliente. Las imágenes descubren rastros de la condición humana y sus sentimientos intangibles. Personalmente trato de ofrecer un enfoque reflexivo sobre el tema y estas personas desatendidas por la sociedad.
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- Claudio (37) has been a prostitute since 16. With his client Alex (33) they look through a window in a motel located in downtown Santiago, Chile.
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- Claudio y Alex, prostitute and client respectively, hug after having sex.
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- Gerson (24) has been a prostitute only for the past 6 months. He is making the bed he will use minutes later with a client.
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- “Oso ” (Bear) is a street vendor in downtown Santiago and a frequent client of male prostitutes present in the nieghborhood.
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- Andrés (33) is from Valdivia, Chile. He began practicing prostitution when he was 16 after his mother went to jail for traffiking drugs. Andrés cuts himself to relief emotional pain.
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- The conditions in which male prostitutes live are usually precarious and difficult. Many of them cut themselves to “relief” their pain .
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- Many male prostitutes have been abandoned from their families during their childhood. As a result, this makes it difficult for them to establish strong emotional bonds that can go further from the ones that they get from their client.
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- Alex (33) in front of an unused tv. The image represents the emptiness and emotional state of many of the male prostitutes in Santiago that are searching to give meaning to their lives.
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- Andrés (33), also known as the “Homosensual”, observes his client after having sex with him.
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- Claudio (37) lived a childhood full of comfort and privileges in a family that belonged to a high society in Chile. Crack consumption led him to live on the streets and to practice prostitution as a way of life.
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- Víctor and Héctor are known as “Los Pimpinelas” in the neighborhood, they don´t have a house to live in and they usually rent motel rooms to spend the night in downtown Santiago.
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- Pato Mujica (56) behind a curtain in a motel room. Male prostitution in Chile is a taboo and is hidden from society. It is generally associated to a profession performed by women.
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- Andrés, male prostitute after taking a shower
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- Patricio, male prostitute lying in bed after having sexual intercourse
