Bar Hostess Promise
Alexei
Riboud
About this photograph :
Bar Hostess Promise
The Tokyo néons series made in 2008 is the fruit of late-night wandering in Shinjuku and Shibuya in Tokyo. The flashy advertising concerns the restaurants and hostess bars in particular. Prostitution is rather well thought of in Tokyo because of the large economic profit that this activity generates. In fact, thanks to liberal interpretations of the law, the sex industry has been able to develop in Japan. In Tokyo, the clients consist mainly of business men, shopkeepers and tourists who appreciate the top quality service.
About the artist :
Alexei
Riboud
Since the series Soweto, Femmes sans terre in 2007, Alexei Riboud has continued to explore the world and has stopped in Asia this time, to be more precise, in Tokyo, Japan. This Franco-American, in his forties, photographs people and their environment, misery and joie de vivre, with the same enthusiasm.
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