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Oct 29, 2022 · 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. They bonded quickly, largely due to their similar upbringings and countercultural views on art, and it wasn't long before they were spending considerable time together.
Jan 15, 2010 · The iconic rock singer has written a book called Just Kids about her friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The two met when they were young artists just starting out in New York in...
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 artists...
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.
Patti Smith, along with her friend Robert Mapplethorpe, lived a particular New York dream—the Chelsea Hotel, Max’s Kansas City, CBGB, superstardom—to the fullest. Now in a great new memoir...
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Robert Mapplethorpe’s photo of Patti Smith on the sleeve of Horses is considered one of music’s best. But the story of their friendship between the two is more beautiful, writes Stephen...
Oct 18, 2019 · Photographer and former Vanity Fair Art Director Lloyd Ziff reflects on shooting the first portraits of the now iconic Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. 50 years after he shot his friends naked under a lamp in a tiny apartment, the photographer Lloyd Ziff brings the portraits out from under the bed.
