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Thomas and Tara
Creator
Robert MapplethorpeAmerican Photographer · 1946–1989
All works by this person →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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- negative 1986; print 1990
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 302d4aeb-012d-4b62-895e-26ad1d6a61a8
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White female wearing a strapless black dress while a nude black male stands directly behind her with his back turned to the camera and arms flexed.
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