Keith Clark

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Keith Clark

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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
1984
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
57040796-82d6-4a67-bce4-c6235f9297ad

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Profile view facing left of the head and bare shoulders of a black male as a patch of sunlight illuminates the upper part of his face. The rest of him is bathed in shadow.

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