Midnight on Avenida Rio Branco on the Recife waterfront : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Midnight on Avenida Rio Branco on the Recife waterfront
Midnight on the waterfront, Ana and Jackie waiting for customers : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Midnight on the waterfront, Ana and Jackie waiting for customers
Luci performing at the Zona Franca Club  : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Luci performing at the Zona Franca Club
Backstage Luci catches her breath between performances : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Backstage Luci catches her breath between performances
Sunday finds Luci with her 5 year old daughter. Her mother is raising her to keep her away from Luci's life-style : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Sunday finds Luci with her 5 year old daughter. Her mother is raising her to keep her away from Luci's life-style
Transvestites troll for customers at 1 AM : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Transvestites troll for customers at 1 AM
Ana dreaming of the handsome American sailor who didn't show as promised : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Ana dreaming of the handsome American sailor who didn't show as promised
13 year old Fia hangs out with her friends while high on glue : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
13 year old Fia hangs out with her friends while high on glue
Fia floats in a glue induced high, her glue bottle hanging from her lips : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Fia floats in a glue induced high, her glue bottle hanging from her lips
15 year old Mary gets a forbidden kiss from fellow inmate in Juvenile Detention Center : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
15 year old Mary gets a forbidden kiss from fellow inmate in Juvenile Detention Center
Abandoned Rail Car : FEATURE: The Girls of Recife : Viviane Moos |  Documentary Photographer
Abandoned Rail Car
Girls of Recife is part two of a major feature story called Brazilian Street Diary.
Set in the violent and dangerous northern port city of Recife, it was the center of unemployment and European sex trade making for a tragic combination.  I spent three months on the streets with various groups of girls.
The very young survived in street gangs with drugs and crime while the older girls turned to prostitution.