African Daisies

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African Daisies

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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
negative 1982; print 1991
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
5fe0813f-3a6f-4677-b5ef-a8f1d0727641

Three daisies on their stems of differing heights moving from longest to shortest from left to right, all set against a stark grey background.

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