The Vale of Cashmere is an anonymous, secret meeting ground where scores of men, mostly of African American descent, find one another for sex, where such encounters occur between men of all walks of life. Originally conceived solely as a portrait project in Brooklyn's underworld, the more time photographer Roma spent in the Vale of Cashmere, the more the physical beauty of the Vale became inseparable from the portraits. A haunting tribute, uncovering a much more human and sensitive side to this area.