{"product_id":"2026100009334-secondhand-e-j-bellocq-storyville-portraits-photographs-from-the-new-orleans-red-light-district-circa-1912","title":"E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits: Photographs From The New Orleans Red-Light District, Circa 1912","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. worn edges - creased corners; internally sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the twentieth century, in the shadowy quarters of New Orleans' Storyville district, photographer E.J. Bellocq turned his lens on a world most sought to ignore — the women who lived and worked in the city's infamous red-light zone circa 1912. Storyville Portraits presents a remarkable collection of photographs that capture these women not as objects of scandal, but as fully human subjects: languid, defiant, tender, and occasionally playful, rendered with an intimacy that suggests genuine trust between photographer and sitter. Reproduced from prints made by Lee Friedlander and edited by John Szarkowski, this landmark volume rescues Bellocq's fragile glass-plate negatives from obscurity and reframes them as serious works of photographic art.\n\nPublished by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this edition signals the critical establishment's recognition of Bellocq as a pioneering figure in documentary and portrait photography. Szarkowski's editorial vision and Friedlander's sensitive printing choices ensure that each image retains its haunting, irreplaceable quality — a window into a vanished subculture illuminated with quiet, radical empathy. For anyone captivated by the intersection of photography, social history, and the question of who gets to be seen, Storyville Portraits remains an essential and deeply provocative document.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269338079451,"sku":"2026100009334-SECONDHAND","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/555402fa-14b9-4b0f-88a2-9400d95a1ef2.png?v=1788998470","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009334-secondhand-e-j-bellocq-storyville-portraits-photographs-from-the-new-orleans-red-light-district-circa-1912","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}