Marc McAndrews "Nevada Rose"
Umbrage Gallery
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Scattered around the state of Nevada in little, unassuming desert towns, prostitution is thriving. Marc McAndrews’ extraordinary new book and exhibition, Nevada Rose, gives readers a peek into this legal, albeit secretive, world of fantasy and theater. The end result of a five-year project, McAndrews takes us inside the thirty-three “ranches” in and around towns like Pahrump, Ely, Carson City, and Scotty’s Junction. The brothels have equally folksy names and charming sobriquets: The Black Pearl, the Stardust Ranch, Chicken Ranch, and Inez’s Dancing and Diddling, among others. While the book includes a diverse array of images of the working girls in their working costumes, McAndrews also takes us behind the curtain of sex into a world of brothel life rarely discussed—the kitchens and the cooks, laundry rooms and lounges, timers, personal bedrooms, and pets. We meet the managers and the madams in a fascinating insider’s view that explores the difference between the real and the perceived in American culture and mores.
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Schedule
from May 12, 2011 to June 30, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-05-12 from 18:00 to 20:00