Beverly Bryan loves The Little Chapel of Esoteric Cosmetology

By Beverly Bryan
Published: May 19th, 2008 | 12:00am

After quitting her job at Glamour Shots, photographer Jonnie Andersen, then a resident of Las Vegas, took a job tending bar downtown. She soon began inviting the women who worked the streets around the bar to her own makeover and photo sessions in rented motel rooms with homemade fantasy backdrops. The sessions led to friendships, adventure and a self-published book — The Little Chapel of Esoteric Cosmetology — and the esoteric revelation that everybody likes to get their hair done. The models' faces and bodies bear signs of violence and addiction but their expressions reveal more pleasure than is typical for a glamor shot from the mall.

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Beverly Bryan is a Venus Zine writer.