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Bellocq
Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans
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From the photographer whose work inspired the Louis Malle film "Pretty Baby," here are the famous Storyville portraits, expanded and revised. These 89 glass plates portraying New Orleans prostitutes were made in 1912 under mysterious circumstances, and found after Bellocq's death.
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9780679449751,
Hardcover,
Random House Inc,
1996
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9780224042642,
Book,
J. Cape,
1996
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Publisher Notes
An expanded and revised edition of the famous book of portraits of prostitutes in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, the inspiration for the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby. This new edition includes 52 tritone photos printed in a large format. The text from the original edition--by John Szarjowski, former director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art--is reprinted here, along with a new Introduction by Susan Sontag.
Media Reviews
"[A] collection of 52 of his unpretentious and respectful portraits of a bordello's inhabitants in various states of dress and pose....[T]his expanded edition is welcome and still fascinating..."
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