Bellocq, E.J. & Friedlander, Lee: Photographs from Storyville. The Red-Light District of New Orleans Reproduced from Prints made by Lee Friedlander

Random House

1996

First Edition

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.