Bellocq was a Bold person.   E. J. Bellocq was a commercial photographer of French Creole extraction who worked in New Orleans in the first decades of the century. He mainly took photos of prostitutes.  He would leave them dressed or undressed according to the mood. I feel like He did it in such a tasteful way. The photos really make you feel a different emotion toward these women.   I am really moved by these photo especially since it was so early n the ages of photo.  It pulls me into a new world. The book where you can find images like these is 

 E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits. Photographs from the New Orleans Red-light District, Circa 1912 by Bellocq, E. J. (Photographs) ; Lee Friedlander (Reproductions) ; John Szarkowski (editor)