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Storyville Portrait (Untitled)

c. 1912, printed c. 1970

E.J. Bellocq

(American, 1873–1949)
printer

Lee Friedlander

(American, b. 1934)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Gift of Sharon & Del Zogg in honor of Wendy Watriss and Frederick C. Baldwin (1929-2021), co-founders of Fotofest, Houston, Texas 2022.79
Copyright
© Lee Friedlander
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This is one of only 89 surviving images by New Orleans photographer E.J. Bellocq.

Description

All the surviving Bellocq photographs show prostitutes from the city’s legalized red-light district called Storyville. Depicted as individuals rather than types, the women have relaxed expressions and poses, suggesting acquaintance and trust between subject and photographer. It may have been this sense of emotional, versus physical, intimacy that caused the work, decades after the artist’s death, to inspire films, novels, and poems.

Storyville Portrait (Untitled)

c. 1912, printed c. 1970

E.J. Bellocq, Lee Friedlander

(American, 1873–1949), (American, b. 1934)
America

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