Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer known for his black-and-white portraits and for documenting New York’s S&M scene. He was concerned with Classical aspects of beauty, whether in his ...

Photo by Lisa Freeman In a radical collision of high art and leather-bound taboo, a cache of never-before-seen Robert ... Mapplethorpe’s famous image of the couple. These aren’t polished galle ...

African Daisy, 1982 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete Flowers, Phaidon Calla Lily, 1988 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ...

Punk poet Patti Smith once wrote, “We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another,” in reference to her relationship with the late artist Robert Mapplethorpe ...