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First Place
John Stanmeyer
VII / TIME Magazine

"Sex, Drugs and Death: AIDS Let Loose In Asia"  




Transvestite street beggars entertain motorists heading home from work in order to gain a few RupiahÕs. The girl-boys are from the island of Kalimantan and travel around the archipelago begging and selling sex, mostly unprotected because condoms are too expensive. Jakarta, Indonesia.
 
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