Vibert

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Vibert

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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
8f202122-6bed-493c-9686-1e3adeeada6f

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Back view of muscular black male as he raises his arms up and clenches his fists at the back of his head. The image is cropped at his waist.

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