Angelo

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Angelo

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
1980–1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
9fa2b8ad-1cd0-4e15-b9d3-3b08157700de

Black man with carefully coifed hair, lips slightly parted and wearing a dark blazer.

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