Shadows

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Shadows

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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
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
127a4201-e32b-4ec9-80eb-cf3dad58d8e6

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Empty room interior with a tile floor and electric outlet visible on the wall. The shadowy silhouette of a window pane and tree branches appears on the wall area above the electric outlet.

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