George Dureau, The Photographs

GeorgeDureau,ThePhotographsisanalbumofthegreatphotographicportraitsmadethroughoutthe40yearsofDureau'sartisticcareer—aNewOrleansromancebetweenthephotographerandhissubjects.AllofDureau'sexquisitephotographs,manyofthemnudesofblackanddisabledmen,weremadeinhisstudiointheFrenchQuarterofNewOrleans,oronthecity'sstreets.Hebeganphotographyforthepleasureofphotographinghislovers,andasresearchmaterialforhispaintings.Onlylaterondidhebegintotakehisphotographsseriouslyasworksofartintheirownright.ManyofhissubjectsbecamepartofDureau'sextendedfamily,whomhephotographedondifferentoccasionsovermanyyears.Surprisingly,onlyonebookofDureau'sphotographshasbeenpublished,NewOrleans(1985),amodestpaperbacklongoutofprint.ThisAperturebookispossiblenowbecauseofthecommitmentofDureau'ssupporters.(function(g,h){functiond(a,d){varb={};if(!e||!f)try{varc=h.sessionStorage;c?a&&("undefined"!==typeofd?c.setItem(a,d):b.val=c.getItem(a)):f=1}catch(g){e=1}e&&(b.e=1);returnb}varb=g.ue||{},a="",f,e,c,a=d("csmtid");f?a="NA":a.e?a="ET":(a=a.val,a||(a=b.oid||"NI",d("csmtid",a)),c=d(b.oid),c.e||(c.val=c.val||0,d(b.oid,c.val+1)),b.ssw=d);b.tabid=a})(ue_csm,window);window.ue_csm.cel_widgets=[{id:"detail-bullets"},{id:"featurebullets_feature_div"},{id:"summaryContainer"},{id:"sims_fbt"},{id:"purchase-sims-feature"},{id:"session-sims-feature"},{id:"quickPromoBucketContent"},{id:"productDescription"},{id:"technicalSpecifications_feature_div"},{id:"prodDetails"},{id:"related_ads"},{id:"technical-data"},{id:"tagging_lazy_load_div"},{id:"consumption-sims"},{id:"moreBuyingChoices_feature_div"},{id:"product-ads-feedback_feature_div"},{id:"DAcrt"},{id:"vtpsims"},{c:"feature"},{c:"celwidget"},{id:"fallbacksessionShvl"},{id:"rhf"},{id:"unifiedLocationPopoverSelections"}];ue_csm.ue.exec(function(b){vara=b.ue;if(a&&a.onSushiUnload){if(a.onunload)a.onunload(function(){a.count&&a.count("beforeUnloadNexusCounter",1,{bf:1})});a.onSushiUnload(function(){varc={server:b.ue_sn||"sn"};a.event&&a.event(c,"csm","csm.CSMUnloadBaselineEvent.2")})}},"Nxs-unload-baseline")(ue_csm);(function(a,b){a.ue_cel||(a.ue_cel=function(){functionl(a,k){k?k.r=v:k={r:v,c:1};k.clog&&h.clog?h.clog(a,k.ns||c,k):k.glog&&h.glog?h.glog(a,k.ns||c,k):h.log(a,k.ns||c,k)}functionp(){vara=f.length;if(0