Thursday, October 20, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
Bellocq's prostitutes.

…he makes no moralistic plea for the fallen woman. On the contrary, these portraits sharply capture a raw chaotic space of humanity, necessity, and sexuality, pushing Bellocq's work beyond his half-hearted attempts at pictorialism to the cusp of modernity. He reached into outrageous situations, and from them pulled existential gems of clarity." (exquisite corpse, images too), 'nother