Larry Topper

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Larry Topper

Creator

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
037ac377-9e08-4e0c-87b5-99d5da5d456d

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Head and bare shoulders portrait of white male with blonde hair and freckles along his shoulders. He turns his head slightly to the right while gazing back at the viewer.

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