E. J. Bellocq: The Storyville Portraits
John Ernest Joseph Bellocq was most famous for his portraits of prostitutes in Storyville, the legalized red light district of New Orleans. Most of the negatives were destroyed, but a few were found posthumously – concealed in a couch. A dandy from a wealthy Creole family and an unfriendly antisocial eccentric, Bellocq was a mysterious legend in a dark world of sin and was obsessed with photographing the unwanted.
Paris à La Mode
On September 26, 2009, KMR Arts will open it latest exhibit, “Paris à La Mode” which will include works by Roger Catherineau, Georges Dambier, William Klein, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jean Moral and Louis Stettner. “Paris: à la Mode” will contain photographs that evoke moments of style, grace and fashion.
Curtis Knight “Voodoo Woman” (1961)
If you notice, on the right is Jimi Hendrix, before all the bells and whistles and drugs. Click here to listen: Curtis Knight – “Voodoo Woman”
