birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name
pittsburg , kansas 1949 1964 -- present scot sothern
 scot sothern
scot sothern

scot sothern -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is an american photographer and writer mostly known for his controversial black and white photographs of prostitutes of southern california , whom he photographed from 1986 to 1990 .
sothern says the photographs are exposés , but they do n't just expose the women in them , they expose the artist behind the camera .
