Bellocq:: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans

by Lee Friedlander, E.J. Bellocq, John (Ed.) Szarkowski

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679449752
• ISBN13: 9780679449751
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 83 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.8" x 12.3"