Robert Sherman

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Robert Sherman

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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
3646dfba-bdf1-4210-8d96-053f93dd916c

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Head and bare shoulders portrait of white bald male as he hunches his shoulders, turns his head slightly to the left and gazes back at the viewer. His skin appears especially pale because the photograph has been overexposed.

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