Barry

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Barry

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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
1983
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
d41855f1-e4e9-4f83-a4db-e05547510f76

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Profile view facing left of black male sitting on the far right of the composition with his hands folded together in front of him as he looks downward. He is surrounded by darkness except for rays of sunlight which illuminate his face, arms, hands and knees.

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