Robert Mapplethorpe took many photographs of Patti Smith. He photographed her for the cover of her 1973 volume of poetry, Witt, and her album Horses in 1975. Horses went on to achieve iconic status in popular music and defined Smith’s androgynous and uncompromising style.

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer known for his black-and-white portraits and for documenting New York’s S&M scene. View Robert Mapplethorpe’s 3,797 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for …

In memory of the legendary American photographer, we have selected several of his striking works. Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the most famous and talented photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. In a sense, he was a follower of …

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male …

Nov 4, 2024 · Controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) shocked the world with his images of bondage, gay-sex, female bodybuilders, and naked black men. Always technically brilliant, sometimes politically problematic, these photographs captured a New York community during times of intense social change.

Nov 19, 2024 · Robert Mapplethorpe is remembered as the self-taught, controversial photographer, emblematic of a young, rebellious, and changing New York City. He was born and mainly active in New York.

These include photographs of Mapplethorpe and his artwork taken by contemporaries such as Lynn Davis and Francesco Scavullo. Episode No. 233 of the Modern Art Notes podcast features Getty Research Institute curator Frances Terpak and artist Catherine Opie in …

During the 80s, Mapplethorpe produced a series of photographs that simultaneously challenge and adhere to classical aesthetic standards: stylized compositions of male and female nudes, delicate flower still lifes, and studio portraits of artists and celebrities, for instance.

Weinstein Hammons Gallery, with the gracious assistance of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, is pleased to present Double Exposure, an exhibition featuring twenty gelatin silver photographs, vintage lithographs, and rare prints from 1976 to 1988.

Robert Mapplethorpe (United States, 1946–1989) was a photographer renowned for his black-and-white images that explore themes of sexuality, identity, and the human form. His work includes portraits, nudes, and still lifes, often characterized by classical composition and lighting.