Photo: Sarah Schorr. It does not have any control over the google ads. Please send the URL of the ads if found objectionable to editor phayul. Powered by Lateng Online. Hi guest, Register Login Contact Us. Latest Stories. China jailed most journalists in CPJ report. Tibetan exiles celebrate 30 years since Nobel Prize for Dalai Lama. Tibetan nuns forced to declare loyalty to CCP. Self-immolations exemplify courage and strength of Tibetans in the face of adversity: His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Anti corruption activist gets 7-year sentence. Kashag's lawyer fails to appear before Tibetan apex court. Family of latest self immolator detained by Chinese police.
Phayul [Monday, June 26, ]. The sex workers depicted in the photographs are mostly in the age group of In Schorr's words, these places are " salons and bars by the day" and "by night they are brothels for young prostitutes, with storefronts distinguished by glowing pink neon lights". Schorr spoke to Phayul Correspondent in Kathmandu Tenzin Choephel about the growing prostitution menace in Lhasa and about her project to record these in her camera. Phayul: What prompted you to take up this project?
So, I was generally interested in this subject matter; how women happen to get in the situation and what draws them to it or is it usually a financial problem that leads them to to the situation.
P: And what is the purpose of doing this exhibition? Sarah: I guess when I was in Tibet, I became very curious about what was behind these pink storefronts and so it was curiosity initially that led me to the project but it was the individuals who I met, who really got my interest because they were such interesting, very sweet young women and they seem to be stuck in that situation.
