Rudloff, owner-operator of the Paradise Nudist Club, chats in a hallway with staff prostitutes.
The whorehouse's main lobby, where prostitutes and clients meet to hash out sexual and financial details.
A young woman from Romania creates her work persona: "Michel."
"Paris" gets ready for work. On nights that she works at the Paradise, she pays 25 Euros to share a dormitory with five other girls.
A few of the young woman's possessions lie on her bed: cosmetics, cigarettes, a plush toy.
When business is slow, the prostitutes play slot machines.
... or in the whirlpool.
Two prostitutes make their sales pitch to a potential client in the lobby.
Club owner Rudloff: "They can fuck, but they don't have to."
The perfect whorehouse
Appeared in Der Spiegel, May 29, 2009
By Uwe Buse, Photos by Kathrin Harms / Zeitenspiegel
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Fotograf: Kathrin Harms