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E. J. Bellocq : Storyville portraits : photographs from the New Orleans red-light district, circa 1912

by E. J. Bellocq, John Szarkowski

This collection features thirty-four photographs taken in the New Orleans red-light district around 1912, reproduced from surviving glass plates. The portraits are accompanied by an explanatory text in the form of a dialogue.

Accession 31807 ISBN 9780870702501 Publisher Museum of Modern Art
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