With her new book Prostitution the renowned photographer and author Bettina Flitner presents one of her most radical works to date. Since 1992, Flitner has traveled to cities in Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Thailand, engaging with a subject that, to this day, remains a social taboo-yet continues to impact countless women. In her latest publication, the artist brings together three of her most significant photographic series for the first time, each exploring the complex system of prostitution from a different perspective: Johns, shot in the large brothel Paradise in Stuttgart in 2013, presents expressive portraits of the brothel's patrons and captures surprisingly candid answers about their motivations. In contrast, a 2014 photo essay offers deep insights into the lives of women on the notorious European route E 55, the longest street prostitution route in Europe. Both works have been exhibited and awarded several times internationally. The third part of the book focuses on the ordinary places of prostitution-from a Cologne brothel to so-called appointment apartments and the functional service boxes. This most recent series, created between November 2024 and April 2025, is published here for the first time. Remaining true to her documentary approach, Flitner records these spaces with almost scientific precision-void of people: an unsettling absence in which the traces of sexual transaction linger like an echo. With Prostitution, Bettina Flitner achieves a body of work that is both artistically and socially radical. She compels her viewers to look-without voyeurism, yet without embellishment. From the foreword Art in documentary Stil by Prof. Klaus Honnef: Through the striking evidence of her pictures, Bettina Flitner removes any doubt that the male perception, which whitewashes and justifies prostitution, is correct. That of the women concerned is diametrically opposed. Prostitution mocks human rights.