The Sex Trade > Eastern Europe

Fire does her makeup and gets ready for a night of work around 3 a.m., Istanbul, Turkey.

Fire does her makeup and gets ready for a night of work around 3 a.m., Istanbul, Turkey.

2013

Glory lays on the bed she shares with several of her roommates as Fire readies herself nearby for that evening's work, 3 a.m., Istanbul, Turkey.

Glory lays on the bed she shares with several of her roommates as Fire readies herself nearby for that evening's work, 3 a.m., Istanbul, Turkey.

2013

An illustrated drawing of a large family sleeping in a single bed is hung in the middle of the living room as Glory stands nearby, Istanbul, Turkey.
"We wrote our names under each person, see," Angel said. "It's like us, here. We are a family."

An illustrated drawing of a large family sleeping in a single bed is hung in the middle of the living room as Glory stands nearby, Istanbul, Turkey.
"We wrote our names under each person, see," Angel said. "It's like us, here. We are a family."

2013

Angel's glamour shots, of which she's very proud, hang in harmony with some photos of her past school days and others of family members from home in Russia.
"This is who I've always been," she says of her new appearance. "My family can't accept that."

Angel's glamour shots, of which she's very proud, hang in harmony with some photos of her past school days and others of family members from home in Russia.
"This is who I've always been," she says of her new appearance. "My family can't accept that."

2013

Angel, a transgender sex worker, sits on her bed in Istanbul, Turkey. She procures clients strictly online, as walking through the streets previously to find customers ended with her being burned with lit cigarettes and attacked at knifepoint.

Angel, a transgender sex worker, sits on her bed in Istanbul, Turkey. She procures clients strictly online, as walking through the streets previously to find customers ended with her being burned with lit cigarettes and attacked at knifepoint.

2013

A caged bird overlooks the room as Fire and Glory sit below, Istanbul, Turkey.
"This helps me feel like home," says Glory.

A caged bird overlooks the room as Fire and Glory sit below, Istanbul, Turkey.
"This helps me feel like home," says Glory.

2013

In a neighboring area outside of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, a sex worker casually hangs out of the window of a brothel, often a means of acquiring late night customers. The majority of Istanbul's legal brothels were closed in January 2013.

In a neighboring area outside of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, a sex worker casually hangs out of the window of a brothel, often a means of acquiring late night customers. The majority of Istanbul's legal brothels were closed in January 2013.

2013

A customer pulls over on a main expressway to pick up a sex worker on a below-freezing night just outside of Kiev, Ukraine.

A customer pulls over on a main expressway to pick up a sex worker on a below-freezing night just outside of Kiev, Ukraine.

2014

A pimp sits casually in a cafe in Kiev, Ukraine. His company "rents out" woman to clients for music video shoots, parties, and more, and uses both Ukrainian natives and trafficked women from neighboring countries.

A pimp sits casually in a cafe in Kiev, Ukraine. His company "rents out" woman to clients for music video shoots, parties, and more, and uses both Ukrainian natives and trafficked women from neighboring countries.

2014

A sex worker, forced out of Donetsk by the conflict, stands in freezing temperatures along a main stretch of Kiev, Ukraine well known for prostitution. Her pimp watches her every move from a nearby building.

A sex worker, forced out of Donetsk by the conflict, stands in freezing temperatures along a main stretch of Kiev, Ukraine well known for prostitution. Her pimp watches her every move from a nearby building.

2014

Glory, a transgender sex worker, smokes a cigarette in her apartment near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey.

Glory, a transgender sex worker, smokes a cigarette in her apartment near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey.

2013