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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Robert Mapplethorpe


Photography Appreciation

Born on November 4, 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer known for his black and white photography of celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, still-life images of flowers, and self portraits.

One of Mapplethorpe's photography series spurred controversy. The Perfect Moment, a traveling exhibition funded by the National Endowment for the Arts--public funds--featured many sexually explicit images.

Mapplethorpe established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which not only secures his work, but promotes his creative vision and funds HIV/AIDS research. He passed away due to complications from HIV/AIDS on March 9, 1989.

You can see more of his beautiful work HERE.

Self Portrait via ehehr1955


Anemone (1989) via queerhistory


Derrick Cross (1983) via nytimes.com

Sources:

http://www.mapplethorpe.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1989/02/robert-mapplethorpe-aids-dominick-dunne
https://ehehr1955.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/robert-mapplethorpe-photography/
http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2016/04/self-portraits-of-robert-mapplethorpe.html
http://thegibsondiaries.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-work-of-robert-mapplethorpe.html
http://blog.gallart.com/2015/11/04/remembering-robert-mapplethorpe-born-this-day-in-1946/
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1989/02/robert-mapplethorpe-aids-dominick-dunne
http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2010/11/robert-mapplethorpe-photographer.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/arts/design/why-mapplethorpe-still-matters.html

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