Bob Paris

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Bob Paris

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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
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
f55af797-02a7-4424-abd3-5ec577dd2e0b

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Back view of white male bodybuilder with brown hair, only wearing a speedo. He raises both arms upward to flex his muscles and stands on the hardwood floor of the artist's studio with a black backdrop.

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