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Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans

8 best books like Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans (E.J. Bellocq): Bellocq's Ophelia, Ways of Seeing, Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, The Americans, Street Photographer, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, The Camera

Bellocq's Ophelia
AuthorNatasha Trethewey
ISBN1555973590
Selected as a "2003 Notable Book" by the American Library Association

In the early 1900s, E.J. Bellocq photographed prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans. His remarkable, candid photos inspired Natasha Trethewey to imagine the life of Ophelia, the subject of Bellocq's Ophelia,...
Ways of Seeing
AuthorJohn Berger
ISBN0140135154
John Berger’s Classic Text on Art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener...
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
AuthorNan Goldin
ISBN0893813397
A photobook classic, and perhaps the work for which New York photographer Nan Goldin remains best known, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends and lovers collectively described by Goldin as her "tribe." Her work...
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
AuthorPeter L. Berger
ISBN0385073054
“[Berger] writes in a concise and lucid style, a rare talent among sociologists, but does so without losing any of the cogency of his material. More impressively, he is almost unparalleled in his creativity. The Sacred Canopy brings together all of these virtues and is easily his most important book....
The Americans
AuthorRobert Frank
ISBN3931141802
Armed with a camera and a fresh cache of film and bankrolled by a Guggenheim Foundation grant, Robert Frank crisscrossed the United States during 1955 and 1956. The photographs he brought back form a portrait of the country at the time and hint at its future. He saw the hope of the future in the faces of a...
Street Photographer
AuthorVivian Maier
ISBN1576875776
Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher.

A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly...
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
AuthorRoland Barthes
ISBN0374521344
A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland Barthes presents photography as being outside the codes of language or culture, acting on the body as much as on the mind, and rendering death...
The Camera
AuthorAnsel Adams
ISBN0821221841
Ansel Adams has a dry and terse style, I think I haven't read technical books with so much content per word, very little is wasted. This book is relatively small, but there is so much information that it must be read carefully.

Much of the book seems out of date, and it is, but even the things most...
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