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Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( / ˈmeɪpəlˌθɔːrp / 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.
Jan 23, 2023 · Shortly before his death in March 1989, Mapplethorpe sat down with writer Dominick Dunne of Vanity Fair for one of his final interviews. Dunne was present at one of the photographer's last appearances at an exhibit opening, noting that, though still dashing and commanding the patrons' undivided attention, the illness he suffered from was taking its toll on Mapplethorpe.
obert Mapplethorpe, a photographer whose widely exhibited pictures combined classical beauty with sometimes shocking subject matter, died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome yesterday at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He was 42 years old and lived in Manhattan. Mapplethorpe was first diagnosed as having AIDS two and a half years ...
Jan 13, 2024 · Self-portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1988. Source: Tate, London Robert Mapplethorpe left an indelible mark on the world of photography before his untimely death from an AIDS-related illness in 1989. He was only 42. The year before he died, he established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, to celebrate and promote photography, preserve his own ...
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A latter-day self-portrait of Mapplethorpe aged 42, a year before his death from Aids in 1989. Two years ago the documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures brought Robert's work to a new ...
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 ...
Jan 24, 2019 · January 24, 2019 at 1:21 p.m. EST. NEW YORK — Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs of naked African American men and ritualized scenes of sexual domination and bondage scandalized some ...
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