Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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
negative 1983; print 1993
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
0ea3ea06-5b7e-4128-88c3-59c2cb406ca7

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Self-portrait of Mapplethorpe wearing a leather jacket and holding a switchblade in his right hand in a menacing manner. He wears his hair in a pompadour style and turns his angry gaze toward the viewer.

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