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Cristina de Middel
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Cristina de Middel

Cristina de Middel. Edward, 50, investor, married, 2022
In 2015, in order to reach a better visual balance in the representation of sex work, I put an advert in a newspaper looking for clients who were willing to pose in exchange of money, many men responded and it became the first chapter of Gentlemen’s Club. For 7 years, I traveled to the cities that have a link with the business to collect 100 images and interviews. The cities are Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Lagos, Kabul, Amsterdam and Mumbai. Prostitution has been presented focusing on those who sell their body. We know all the details of the crime involved and the sweating bodies of the girls trapped in dirty rooms, but the faces and motivations of the clients are still a mystery. The sacred law of supply and demand seems to vanish for this business. All the men were asked about their first experience, motivations, feelings and opinions, and all the men were paid for their time and for sharing their privacy with an unknown person that is me.
Selected Works
Cristina de Middel
Abdul, 18, student, in a relationship
1 ETH
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Abbas, 23, graphic design graduate, unemployed, in a relationship
1 ETH
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Aakash, 27, electrician, single
1 ETH
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Abdul, 45, cleaner, married
1 ETH
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Abuzar, 20, mechanic, single
1 ETH
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Adeshina, 25, student, in a relationship
1 ETH
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Artist
Cristina de Middel
1975 (Spain)
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Cristina de Middel is a Spanish artist based in Alicante, Spain.
She trained in photojournalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and later moved to Oklahoma to do a Master’s in Photography. In 2012, she self-published her first photography book Afronauts in which she recounts a Zambian space programme in South Africa.
She was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2013 and won the Infinity Award from the International Centre of Photography in the same year. In 2017, she received the Spanish National Photography Award for “re-designing the limits of the reality of photographic language.” That same year, she joined Magnum Photos, sponsored by the renowned photographer Martin Parr. In 2018, she was guest curator of the PhotoEspaña festival and organised six exhibitions that vindicate the playful. In 2022, she became the first Spanish woman to chair Magnum Photos.
Press + Articles
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Gentleman’s Club: A world that’s rarely seen
BBC Culture (Article)
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2017 Portrait Awards - Award Winner
Lens Culture (Article)