Orchids

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Orchids

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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
negative 1983; print 2006
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
fb2320e3-8f10-4f55-9ef1-203ecb37a66e

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One orchid stem with four speckled blooms on it, perfectly centered against a black background.

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