Javier

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Javier

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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
1985
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
b0e14e28-e119-4eaf-8de2-01168d78d654

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Back view of nude male with dark hair bending and stretching his arms up while tilting his head to the right. A small shaft of light falls on the left side of his torso. The image is cropped just below his buttocks.

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