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Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/ ˈ m eɪ p əl ˌ θ ɔːr p / 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 and female nudes , self-portraits, and still-life images.
The Perfect Moment was the most comprehensive retrospective of works by New York photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.The show spanned twenty-five years of his career, featuring celebrity portraits, self-portraits, interracial figure studies, floral still lifes, homoerotic images, and collages.
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, received its premiere at Sundance Film Festival [9] in January 2016, followed by the international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival [10] in February, and a world television premiere on HBO in April. The film was released theatrically in the US and UK in April 2016.
The two remained friends until Mapplethorpe's death in 1989. [131] Smith considers Mapplethorpe to be among the most influential and important people in her life. She calls him "the artist of my life" in her book Just Kids, which tells the story of their relationship. Her book and album The Coral Sea is an homage to Mapplethorpe.
In May, an exhibition of hundreds of photos collected by Sir Elton John went on display at the museum, including shots by Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon (of The Beatles), and Herman Leonard ...
Patricia Morrisroe (born January 14, 1951) is an American journalist and author, best known for writing the biography of Robert Mapplethorpe. [1] Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , [ 2 ] Vogue , [ 3 ] New York Magazine , [ 4 ] and others.
Samuel Wagstaff was born on November 4, 1921, in New York City.Wagstaff, a grandson of New York State Senator Alfred Wagstaff Jr., [1] was the son of Samuel J. Wagstaff Sr., a wealthy lawyer from an old Social Register family, and his second wife, Olga May, born May Emilia Piorkowska (or Piorkowski) in New York in 1894, [2] [3] a fashion illustrator who had worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue ...
Mapplethorpe is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner about the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. [1] Shooting began on July 11, 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days. [ 1 ]