Inside the seedy Nineties sex house where PREGNANT prostitutes were the most sought-after prize
STARK images show life inside a seedy brothel in the Philippines capital of Manila - where heavily pregnant women made up some of the roughly 50 sex workers used by mainly foreign clients.
Prostitutes as young as 17 lived in the the basic living quarters of the sex den and can be seen getting dressed-up before a busy night's work.
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Sex workers in the Manila brothel enjoy a snack while waiting for customers - clients would arrive from the early evening until around 2am and would pay around $50 for a whole night with a girlCredit: Getty Images
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A prostitute in the seedy brothel directs some incense smoke up between her legs before she starts a night's work - the sex workers believed the smoke would protect them from diseaseCredit: Getty Images
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This image shows a 19-year-old prostitute who was eight-months pregnant - some customers preferred sex with pregnant women but this teenager had decided not to workCredit: Getty Images
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The heavily pregnant 19-year-old had gotten pregnant by the assistant manager of the brothel where at least 50 prostitutes workedCredit: Getty Images
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The brothel's shower facilities were primitive and were shared between the many prostitutes - most of the women slept until the early afternoon before the lengthy process of getting dressed-up for workCredit: Getty Images
These images, taken in the nineties, show the basic living quarters and washing facilities of the building where most of the women lived and worked.
The prostitutes would tend to sleep until the late afternoon before getting up to spends hours getting themselves ready.
Once dressed they would wait for customers in a brightly lit room with red sofas.
When they were chosen by a client they would change from an evening dress into something less formal, before leaving to go off to a hotel or to the client's house.
Pregnant women were heavily desirable among potential customers and some young mothers had to bring their kids in to be looked after while they worked.
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A mother had to bring her young daughter to the workplace because she was unable to find a babysitter - if she gets work her child will be left in the care of another prostituteCredit: Getty Images
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Prostitutes, one of which is pregnant, help each other to get dressed in the brothel's cramped living quarters lined with bunk-bedsCredit: Getty Images
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Rebecca, a 29-year-old prostitute from the island of Mindanao, waits for her next customer in the capital of ManilaCredit: Getty Images
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A man can be seen working as women sleep after returning from a client's house or a hotel in the city popular with sex touristsCredit: Getty Images
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A male assistant sleeps shirtless on the lap of a prostitute who is waiting patiently for her next customer to arriveCredit: Getty Images
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Lisa, a 17-year-old prostitute, gets made-up for an evening's work in her basic living quarters at the brothel - it is mainly foreign clients who visited the house to use the services of sex workersCredit: Getty Images
