Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-light District of New Orleans
- ISBN-10
- 0679449752
- ISBN-13
- 9780679449751
- Category
- New Orleans (La.)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Random House (NY)
- Author
- E. J. Bellocq
Description
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.
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