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  • Her nudes often recall Bellocq's haunting Storyville portraits of New Orleans prostitutes.

    Francesca Woodman – review Sean O 2010

  • There is a new tea atelier in London's King's Road called Bellocq - an elegant room housed in the old antiques market, with walls lined with huge caddies.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Photos taken of New Orleans prostitutes in 1912 by E. J. Bellocq show many wearing what would become the dominant hairstyle of the 1920s and 1930s.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Stand pricing ranges from $30 to $100, and the hotel offers waiter service and Mardi Gras menus in the stands with snack selections from chef Dominique Macquet's new French-Vietnamese restaurant Tamarind and drinks from the new cocktail lounge Bellocq.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

  • When her mother moves to St. Louis in search of marriage and respectability, Violet determines to marry the much older Bellocq.

    A Streetcar Named Desire – Love Note to New Orleans 2005

  • When her mother moves to St. Louis in search of marriage and respectability, Violet determines to marry the much older Bellocq.

    Vitro Nasu » 2005 » September 2005

  • One of his beloved books “Coming Through Slaughter” is a fictional story of New Orleans, Louisiana about 1900, very loosely based on the lives of jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden and photographer E.J. Bellocq.

    Michael Ondaatje – Coming Through Slaughter + Herodotus 2005

  • One of his beloved books “Coming Through Slaughter” is a fictional story of New Orleans, Louisiana about 1900, very loosely based on the lives of jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden and photographer E.J. Bellocq.

    Vitro Nasu » 2005 » September 2005

  • One day photographer Ernest Bellocq (Keith Carradine) arrives at the brothel to take photos of the prostitutes and becomes fascinated with Violet, who is fast approaching her 12th birthday and a subsequent initiation into prostitution.

    Vitro Nasu » 2005 » September 2005

  • One day photographer Ernest Bellocq (Keith Carradine) arrives at the brothel to take photos of the prostitutes and becomes fascinated with Violet, who is fast approaching her 12th birthday and a subsequent initiation into prostitution.

    A Streetcar Named Desire – Love Note to New Orleans 2005

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