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Storyville: prostitution legal in USA (1898-1917)

There was a time in a corner of America where prostitution was something completely legal and accepted. That stronghold lasted less than twenty years, since 1898, when the law was passed in the state of Louisiana, until 1917, when the federal government decided to break it down, considering a bad influence on the nation during the First World War.

The sex trade activity took place the district is dubbed with the name of Storyville (who proposed the idea was Councilman Sidney Story) and that was where the photographer Ernest J. Bellocq dwelt for images. The reclusive artist was a very unpleasant aspect hydrocephalic, he frequented brothels and showed little sociable. His work, mostly portraits of prostitutes and pornography, is considered among the best visual works that gave nineteenth century America, and although the Jesuit brother handled Bellocq destroy most of his collection after his death. Luckily, in the 60s, the photographer Lee Friedlander bought 89 negatives that had survived hidden inside a sofa, and now rest at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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This.

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crushedglass:

Yo la quise, y a veces ella también me quiso.
En las noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos.
La besé tantas veces bajo el cielo infinito.
Ella me quiso, a veces yo también la quería.
Cómo no haber amado sus grandes ojos fijos.

-Pablo Neruda

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semioticapocalypse:

Armenian women. To the right, Eghisapet Sultanian, great grandmother of musician Derek Sherinian during the 1895 Hamidian massacres, when the Armenians of Zeitun (modern Süleymanlı), fearing the prospect of massacre, took up arms to defend. 1895.

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Munchkin’s taking selfies with Oli photobombing. Best day ever (at The Magaña Residence)

thefrogman:

Office duckling finds thinks meetings are boring.

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mexicanfoodporn:

“Calaveras Y Diablitos” - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs #mexicanfoodporn #music #musica #argentina #spanish #espanol

Looooove

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William Eggleston

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colchrishadfield:

Same land, different politics. The US - Mexican border, seen from space.

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My present from Sayulita, MX

Thanks Cassie and Gabe!

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mexicanfoodporn:

“Auditorium” - Mos Def ft. Slick Rick 

dinfinite:

STOP DISNEY FROM TRADEMARKING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS! I am signing this petition to stop Walt Disney from appropriating and exploiting Mexican religion and culture.

Dia de los Muertos is a religious observance during which people, and particularly native peoples, in Mexico, the United States, and abroad, honor ancestors and loved ones who have died. This important religious, spiritual, and cultural observance pre-dates the invasion of Mexico by the Spanish. We celebrate and honor our deceased loved ones by making altars and placing offerings of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds known as cempaxochitl, and offering prayers and the smoke of copal. 

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