Barbara Hairston

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Barbara Hairston

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
1983
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
b90dda33-0256-462f-be86-ed7b4bda1c48

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Frontal view of the head and shoulders of a strking black female with heavy make-up, stud earring and short hair combed back. She turns her head seductively to the left while gazing back at the viewer and one of her straps hangs down from her shoulder.

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