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DAY 363 | FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS |
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989)
OF BLOOMS AND BONDAGE
It’s difficult to say which of Robert Mapplethorpe’s images are more suggestive; the curling tendrils and projectile stamens of his floral images or the frank, homoerotic studies created during his fascination with the S&M community in New York City in the late 1970s. Either way, he had the remarkable ability to find a common denominator between the two and portrayed the subjects in a simple and technically masterful way.
Mapplethorpe was known for using unusual technical processes, such as Cibachrome prints (a type of color print on a special paper that ...
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