From 2005 till September 2006 Anoek followed the behind-the scenes lives and work of Western and Asian erotic dancers who work at a discreet members club in Hong Kong near its famous night club area Lan Kwai Fong.
It is the only club in Hong Kong where international businessmen bring their customers in to enjoy the company of International pole dancers and hostesses. Six nights a week they are busy entertaining customers ‘til early morning hours and are faced with the difficulties of the industry.
‘Goodfellows’ has existed for many years but is going through tough times recently with business slowing down rapidly and girls having a hard time making the money they used to make 10 years ago.
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Anoek was born in the Netherlands and is now a documentary photographer based in Sydney. She has a background in Art with a degree in Graphic Art at the Royal Academy of Fine arts at The Hague, the Netherlands. After her degree she had a series of exhibitions, nominations and assignments.
Until 2001, Anoek worked as a freelance multi media designer in motion graphics in the Netherlands. She then began travelling Asia and Australia, working for herself as well as photographing and filming dancers. “The only way for me to be able to cover the life of erotic dancers in an intimate way is to live with dancers and explore it yourself.” Which is what she’s done since 2002 in Japan (Tokyo and Sapporo), Hong Kong and Australia (Melbourne and Sydney).
In 2003 Anoek studied photography at KvB institute of technology in North Sydney and in 2004 completed courses in photo assisting and photojournalism at the ACP in Sydney. Since then, she has been assisting photographers, and traveling to continue her own stories.
Email: contactanoek@hotmail.com
Website: www.anoekdegroot.com
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