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A Portrait of the Portrait-Artist, Photographer Lee Friedlander
Peeling off the skin of photography and exposing the raw art of aesthetically pleasing composition, there lays a certain American....


Bellocq: The Man
Ernest Joseph Bellocq (1873–1949) was an enigmatic and influential photographer whose work provides a rare and intimate glimpse into the....


Bellocq: The Myth
The scratched-out faces on some of Ernest Joseph Bellocq's Storyville photographs remain one of the most intriguing mysteries surrounding...


Bellocq: The Legend
In Louis Malle's 1978 film Pretty Baby, Ernest Joseph Bellocq is portrayed as a quiet, enigmatic photographer, reflecting both the....


Storyville Portraits: Bellocq Exhibit at MoMA
Storyville Portraits: E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits: John Ernest Joseph (E.J.) Bellocq has been in 9 exhibitions at MoMA....


Antiques Roadshow: Bellocq Photo Appraisal
Watch the clip of PBS Wisconsin's Antiques Roadshow, Season 20 Episode 22, of the appraisal of E.J. Bellocq's Storyville Photographs.


Find-A-Grave: E.J. Bellocq
E.J. Bellocq was a talented yet enigmatic photographer best known for his evocative portraits of Storyville, New Orleans' infamous....
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