Ajitto

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Ajitto

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
1980
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
3b744bad-5e7b-418a-a3dd-a1736ebb3756

Black male without shirt on and pierced ear turns his head slightly to look at the viewer.

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