Saturday, September 3, 2016

Ernest Bellocq

Ernest J. Bellocq carried his 8 x 10 inch view camera across Basin Street to photograph the women of NewOrleans’ district of legalized prostitution,Storyville. His private photographic project remained unknown until after his death, Yet virtually no prostitute portraits printed by Bellocq himself have surfaced. He kept his Storyville project secret from everyone except a few of his closest friends, and it remained secret until his glass negative plates were discovered languishing in a junk shop.:
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