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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.
- Patricia Morrisroe
- 1995
Sep 5, 2013 · The death in January 1987 of the New York aristocrat and collector Sam Wagstaff of AIDS had brought the matter of Mapplethorpe’s illness with the same disease out into the open. Mapplethorpe...
- Dominick Dunne
Mar 10, 1989 · Robert Mapplethorpe, a photographer whose widely exhibited pictures combined classical beauty with sometimes shocking subject matter, died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome yesterday...
Jan 23, 2023 · After his death, thousands of photographs were given to the Getty Research Institute (per Frieze ). Wagstaff contracted HIV, which later developed into AIDS. As his immune system continued to weaken, he developed pneumonia. This condition was his official cause of death (per The New York Times ).
May 22, 2024 · Died: March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass. (aged 42) Robert Mapplethorpe (born Nov. 4, 1946, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass.) was an American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes; among the latter were some that proved controversial because of their explicitly homoerotic and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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By ANDY GRUNDBERG. obert Mapplethorpe, a photographer whose widely exhibited pictures combined classical beauty with sometimes shocking subject matter, died of acquired immune deficiency...
Mar 8, 2019 · This year marks three decades since Mapplethorpe’s death from AIDS complications on March 30, 1989, an anniversary concurrent with a surge of renewed interest in his life and art. Mapplethorpe, director Ondi Timoner’s biopic starring The Crown ’s Matt Smith as the ferociously ambitious photographer on his rise from art student to living ...
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