French erotic photographer Vee Speers' photographs of prostitutes in the red light district of Rue St. Denis in Paris are sexy, timeless, and gritty—and she doesn't even have to leave her studio to do research: "From my window I can see the girls waiting downstairs in the doorways, and it has always fascinated me how these women display their bodies up and down the street like gaudy trinkets in a second-hand shop." If only our offices had such an inspiring view.

Vee Speers: Bordello (photos and Quicktime audio @ zonezero.com; via Aphotisia)

Previously: EJ Bellocq: Storyville Portraits, "The American Skin"