Robert Mapplethorpe

A revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive survey published of Mapplethorpe's photography

A revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive survey published of Mapplethorpe' s photography

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the twentieth century' s most important and influential artists, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. This comprehensive monograph is an overview of the artist' s black-and-white photography of floral still lifes, nudes, selfportraits, and portraits, among other subjects and also includes a selection of his color images.