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Oct 28, 2019 · A new limited-edition book by photographer Lloyd Ziff documents the first ever shoot Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe did together, back when they were young lovers and aspiring...
Oct 29, 2022 · Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images. According to NPR, Patti Smith met Robert Mapplethorpe on her very first day in New York City in the summer of 1967, describing him as a "hippie shepherd boy" with dark curly hair.
Jan 12, 2010 · January 12, 2010. View Full Images. In 1967, Patti Smith moved to New York City from South Jersey, and the rest is epic history. There are the photographs, the iconic made-for-record-cover black-and-whites shot by Smith’s lover, soul mate, and co-conspirator in survival, Robert Mapplethorpe.
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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.
Title: Patti Smith. Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, New York 1947–1989 New York) Date: 1976. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: Image: 14 15/16 in. × 14 in. (37.9 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 19 1/4 in. × 16 in. (48.9 × 40.6 cm) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz, 1993. Accession Number: 1993.486
Oct 14, 2019 · Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. “Robert and I were friends from school,” Ziff tells Another Man. “One day I saw him and Patti walking across the street and thought it would be fun to shoot some portraits of them. They had a tiny apartment on Hall Street across from Pratt.
The story behind Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith’s first portraits together. As a new exhibition delves into the legacy of his vintage photos of the two iconic artists, Lloyd Ziff tells us how those shots came to be and what, 53 years on, they still mean to him.
