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Third Place
John Stanmeyer
VII / TIME Magazine
"Sex, Drugs and Death: AIDS Let Loose In Asia"  

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Transvestites Harti and Lu Lu, both beauticians by day and sex workers at night turning tricks among the graves in the Kembang Kuning Christian cemetery located in Surabaya, Indonesia. Over 50 sex workers ply their trade as the Muslim prostitutes prefer the Christian cemetery, as they believe there are ghosts in the Muslim cemeteries. The client and the women have sex upon the tombs. Indonesia.
 
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