Preface by Valerie Timmermans. Foreword by François Prost.
Discover a new kind of American landscape through Prost’s road trip photos documenting strip club facades across the South
In 2019, French photographer François Prost (born 1980) road tripped across the American South. Instead of visiting national parks or exploring major cities, he sought out strip clubs in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California, snapping photographs of their exteriors in the stark light of day. Comprising 200 images taken at a medium distance, Gentlemen’s Club highlights the austere geometry of American roadside architecture. Tucked away in strip malls or standing brazenly alone before an on-ramp to an interstate, the strip clubs are embedded within the country’s infrastructure across urban, suburban and rural zones. Previously, Prost had photographed nightclub facades across France and found that many of the venues drew their stylistic references from postwar American pop culture. So, the photographer deemed it natural to turn to the United States for the next installment of his long-form project.
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Featured spreads are from Gentlemen’s Club, the newest in French photographer François Prost’s series of books documenting regional nightclub architecture. Taken during a road trip across the southern United States from Florida to California, the photographs in this appealingly-sized, 224-page hardcover specifically capture the facades of 200 strip clubs, all centered at medium distance, during the awkward daylight hours. This is landscape photography, social documentary, vernacular architecture and American road trip curiosity, all in one. “The focus for the visual objectives was turned onto the facades,” Prost writes. “I believe they say a lot about our societies. It is possible to study an entire country through its facades and the elements that surround them; names, banners, typography, colors, references... This project intends to paint a portrait of American culture and urban planning. It highlights the geometry, sometimes serious, sometimes colorful, of American road architecture and provides an overview of gender relations in American society.” More in the series here. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 5.5 x 9.5 in. / 224 pgs / 300 color / 10 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $50.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $70 ISBN: 9791098088421 PUBLISHER: Flashlight Publishing AVAILABLE: 7/14/2026 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by Flashlight Publishing. Preface by Valerie Timmermans. Foreword by François Prost.
Discover a new kind of American landscape through Prost’s road trip photos documenting strip club facades across the South
In 2019, French photographer François Prost (born 1980) road tripped across the American South. Instead of visiting national parks or exploring major cities, he sought out strip clubs in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California, snapping photographs of their exteriors in the stark light of day. Comprising 200 images taken at a medium distance, Gentlemen’s Club highlights the austere geometry of American roadside architecture. Tucked away in strip malls or standing brazenly alone before an on-ramp to an interstate, the strip clubs are embedded within the country’s infrastructure across urban, suburban and rural zones. Previously, Prost had photographed nightclub facades across France and found that many of the venues drew their stylistic references from postwar American pop culture. So, the photographer deemed it natural to turn to the United States for the next installment of his long-form project.
