Lydia Cheng

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Lydia Cheng

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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
f42ea395-9a1e-4aa6-a863-7c2942e456e9

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Profile view facing left of female cropped at the lower jaw and knees wearing a black leotard with one arm raised and cropped out while the other arm extends in front of her body.

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