Organized by sex workers, a new Berlin-based exhibition uses found objects to present a more nuanced vision of what sex work really is.
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“This is a mask I wore at some photoshoots to hide a bit of my identity. It’s strange, because, all the time, I have this feeling that I’m lying—but, of course, I lie about other topics at work. I tell clients I enjoyed a session even though I did not, for example. So, it’s this constant thing of wearing a mask.”
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