Ken Moody

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Ken Moody

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Robert Mapplethorpe

American Photographer · 1946–1989

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A key figure in late 20th-century photography, Mapplethorpe created work with a distinctive tension between opposites: sacred and profane, mainstream and underground, light and dark. From his early Polaroid portraits, to his fashion photography and later controversial work, Mapplethorpe's photographs are well-ordered and emotionally restrained, with dangerously chaotic and sensuous elements below.

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Date
negative 1984; print 2006
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
2a512e9e-97ef-44cb-9cc9-f9519754a7ab

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Head and bare shoulders portrait of bald black male holding both his hands up with palms facing outward by the sides of his face as he gazes back at the viewer.

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