Mostly I take photographs in times of research. Whores' Glory was shot in 30 days, 10 days for each segment, but the… — Michael Glawogger Couple Copy Share Image
In Bangladesh a prostitute normally wouldn't even undress for a man. He pays, she pulls up her sari, and he's done in… — Michael Glawogger Bangladesh Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense. — Michael Glawogger Beautiful Copy Share Image
I think beauty is the splendor of truth, so if the people I portray think they're beautiful, they're beautiful. I don't make… — Michael Glawogger Beautiful Copy Share Image
I had to first convince them [prostitutes] that I wasn't a journalist who would yet again put out a notion about them… — Michael Glawogger Care Copy Share Image
Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door. — Michael Glawogger Cameras Copy Share Image
I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed. — Michael Glawogger Documentaries Copy Share Image
If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else. — Michael Glawogger Ifs Copy Share Image
Whenever a man enters the realm of prostitutes he's always regarded as a possible customer. If you enter as a woman, you're… — Michael Glawogger Customers Copy Share Image
In the Bengali language, there's not a real word for blow job. They call it "doing the ice cream." — Michael Glawogger Bengali Copy Share Image
On one hand, prostitutes don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these places… — Michael Glawogger Bangladesh Copy Share Image
On one hand, they [prostitutes] don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these… — Michael Glawogger Brothels Copy Share Image
I don't aestheticize anything. I don't even use lights. The working girls do one thing all day: They make themselves pretty. That's… — Michael Glawogger Art Copy Share Image
La Zona is such a closed area, a dangerous, outlaw area. My time in the Zona was a time outside of society,… — Michael Glawogger Areas Copy Share Image
Prostitution will always exist in every society, so I believe in a fair trade. Open the doors for women to earn their… — Michael Glawogger Believe Copy Share Image
It's interesting because the Thai king says there's no prostitution in Thailand, it doesn't exist, so the prostitutes don't pay taxes. They… — Michael Glawogger Ifs Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to find people that you enjoy - friends that you enjoy playing music with. — Michael Glawogger Enjoy Copy Share Image
If you're a prostitute, this is your day: You party, you have customers until four or six in the morning, then you… — Michael Glawogger Bangladesh Copy Share Image
A young man in Bangladesh can't even hold hands with a young woman. Without marriage there is no kissing, no holding hands,… — Michael Glawogger Bangladesh Copy Share Image
There's always this problem in society where people know they need these places for social peace, but the fundamentalists want to shut… — Michael Glawogger Economic Copy Share Image
You can become an alcoholic working in an office in Los Angeles. It's very easy to say because I do this shameful… — Michael Glawogger Alcoholics Copy Share Image
Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door, because many people want what Andy Warhol called "15 minutes of… — Michael Glawogger Cameras Copy Share Image