Robert Mapplethorpe Autoportrait(c

by Robert Mapplethorpe

Rare Book

Genres: Photography, Art

Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and naked men. The frank, homosexually erotic nature of some of the work of his middle period triggered a more general controversy about the public funding of artworks.

Reviews

[Noora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let this be known as the first collection of Mapplethorpe I laid my eyes on.

ACTUAL FOOTAGE FROM INSTAGRAM STORY WHILE I WAS READING THIS







Honestly, I felt like I was missing so much of queer art history without knowing Mapplethorpe. I've known his name for years and never got around to actually looking into him. I'm so glad I did! and you all should too!

Also, Matt Smith is playing him in a biopic real soon. And he looks absolutely stunning! I'm always proud of Matt Smith. He doesn't look quite as charming and gorgeous as Mapplethorpe himself im kidding hes fabulous, but he's brilliant nevertheless.






Moral of the Story: Look up Mapplethorpe if you don't know him, watch Mapplethorpe's biopic's teaser starring Matt Smith, and know your queer history. Cheers.

[Cat · Rating 1 out of 5]

This collection of unpublished early polaroids by Robert Mapplethorpe sounds good in theory but there's a reason they weren't published. They're not good images. I didn't really need to see quite so many pictures of Mapplethorpe's dick either.

[Stéphanie Amesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of Mapplethorpe's early selfies.