Friday Night Grind: Bourbon Street New Orleans

by Jackie Brenner

$85 · Offered by eBay

First edition · Signed

Friday Night Grind: Bourbon Street, New Orleans by Jackie Brenner. Hardcover, 2006 - First Edition - black and white photography. Jackie Brenner's book is essentially a photo essay dealing with the "grind" of being an exotic dancer on world famous Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Photographed in black and white, the book is, at times, an unsettling look at the sad, matter-of-fact existence of the women who endure degradation for the sake of survival. Other than some brief background notes, there is very little text as the photos speak more eloquently than any wordsmith could manage. Some of the most compelling images are of the younger women. Still youthful in body, the cracks in their souls leak out from their eyes. In some of the photos you can almost see their young smiles hardening into a jaded and lifeless gaze. The smiles may be there and they may be real but the joy shown is fleeting for this is a hard life. Obviously, I couldn't put any of the nude shots in the description, but there are some in this book. This book is hard to find in any condition. Nonsmoking environment - fast shipping.

• Publisher: SF Design, LLC
• Year: 2006
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780976252337
• Condition: Good

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