Gilles Mingasson

FEATURES: (new) Love Ranch

A neon sign on the outskirts of Carson City, Nevada, points to the Love Ranch, a brothel where women who led ordinary lives recently turned to prostitution because of the economic crisis in the U.S.
   
Prostitutes wait for clients at the Love Ranch. Several led ordinary lives but recently turned to prostitution because of the economic crisis in the U.S.
   
Scarlett Angel, 34, turned to prostitution is 2010 after losing her house in Florida. "I had the American Dream", says the former stay-at-home mother, "But this is the only way to provide for my two children".
     
  
Surrounded by drawings from her two young boys, Scarlett Angel enjoys a day off at the house she rents near the Love Ranch.
   
Scarlett Angel at the park where she plays with her young children.
   
Unemployed and unable to care for her ailling grandmother after serving two years in Iraq (as a prison guard in Camp Bucca), Air Force Amber, 26, rests between clients at the Love Ranch.
     
  
Her uniform hanging on the wall, Air Force Amber, 26, an Iraq war veteran, gets ready for her next client.
   
Air Force Amber spends her day off at a friend's house.
   
After leading what she describes "an ordinary life", Princess Rio, 42, lost everything following a grave illness. Unable to afford her own place, she sleeps and spends her days off in the small room where she has sex with clients.
     
  
Princess Rio waits for a client. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef.
   
Prostitutes wait for clients at the Love Ranch.
   
Prostitutes interested in having a portfolio look at sample photography.
     
  
A prostitute named Chelsea waits for her mandatory weekly doctor check up at the Love Ranch.
   
Scarlett Angel, second from right, takes a lunch break at the Love Ranch brothel.
   
Responding to a bell signaling the arrival of a new client, Air Force Amber heads to the line up.
     
  
Iraq war veteran Air Force Amber, fourth from right, hopes to be chosen by a new client during a line up.
   
Iraq war veteran Air Force Amber lights a cigarette as she waits for a new client.
   
A corridor leads to prostitute rooms at the Love Ranch.
     
  
An ATM at the Love Ranch.
   
Prostitutes line up after the arrival of a new client at the Love Ranch.
   
A prostitute takes a client to her room.
     
  
A prostitute waits for a new client at the Love Ranch.
   
Exit sign at the Love Ranch.