Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
Died when: 42 years 125 days (508 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/'me?p?l????rp/;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.
His most controversial works documented and examined the gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A 1989 exhibition of Mapplethorpe's work, titled Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, sparked a debate in the United States concerning both use of public funds for "obscene" artwork and the Constitutional limits of free speech in the United States.
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