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Robert Mapplethorpe (photographer)

  • Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
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Mapplethorpe, Robert
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Date of birth
1946-11-04
Place of birth
New York
Date of death
1989-03-09
Place of death
Boston

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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 and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. His most controversial works documented and examined the gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Mapplethorpe's 1989 exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, sparked a debate in the United States concerning both use of public funds for "obscene" artwork and the Constitutional limits of free speech in the United States.

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Goodreads Author ID
5278
ISNI
0000 0001 2129 7315
LibraryThing Author
mapplethorperobert
MusicBrainz Artist ID
32fbb1b9-f02c-472b-8db4-1e77a8190f7d
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL249569A
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41870374
Wikidata ID
Q312786

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