Had I known the scope and meatiness of the assignment - the toughest of my career - it would have been very intimidating. This was a project that I am happy I was naive enough to sign up for. That's what made capturing the place in photos and prose so difficult. When you are in a questionable or wild state of mind. You usually end up at the Clermont when you’ve already made a lot of bad decisions in an evening. There are 21-year-old girls here, but everyone knows Blondie, who is in her 60s. The average age for dancers is around 53.
It's a crazy place that has not been touched. Same wallpaper since 1965, same wood paneling. It’s a crazy, awesome dive bar that never changes. Some of her insights are shared below.ĪTLANTA, Georgia – If you talk to the right people, you'll find out about the Clermont Lounge as soon as you get down to Atlanta. The author chatted with Fathom editorial director Jeralyn Gerba about the iconic destination. Fathom contributor Dana Hazels Seith spent three years gathering anecdotes, interviews, and stories from inside the club, and the fruits of her labor have culminated with the gorgeous coffee table book No Cameras: The Clermont Lounge. How's that for Americana? Real live girls, girls, girls, performing for everyday regulars and out-of-town-celebrities alike. The hallowed strip club has been operating out of the basement of the defunct Clermont Motor Hotel since the 1960s, and the strippers have (almost) been around that long, too. There are few American institutions as democratically divey, raunchy, and nostalgia-inducing as Clermont Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Images: Courtesy of Artem Nazarov / PC Press at Portfolio Center
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