Robert Mapplethorpe
American Photographer · 1946–1989
1,808 works on LinkedCulture
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.
Works
View as IIIF ↗Ada
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1991
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Ada
Getty Museum · 1982
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Ada
Getty Museum · 1982
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African Daisies
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1991
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African Daisy
Getty Museum · 1982
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African Daisy
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1991
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Agnes B. Hat
Getty Museum · 1984
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Ahmet
Getty Museum · 1977
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Aira
Getty Museum · 1979
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Aira
Getty Museum · 1979
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Aira
Getty Museum · 1979
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · 1980
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 2010
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · 1981
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · 1980
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1991
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 2009
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Ajitto
Getty Museum · 1981
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alan Lynes
Getty Museum · 1979
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Alba Clemente
Getty Museum · 1985
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Alex
Getty Museum · 1973
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Ali Anderson
Getty Museum · 1978
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Alice Neel
Getty Museum · 1984
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Alice Neel
Getty Museum · negative 1984; print 2009
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 2011
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 2009
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · 1980
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · 1980
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · 1980
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 2009
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · 1980
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Alistair Butler
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 2009
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Alistair Butler, N.Y.C.
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 1981
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Alistair Butler / Torso
Getty Museum · negative 1980; print 2009
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Alistair Butler / Torso
Getty Museum · 1980
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Amanda Lear
Getty Museum · 1976
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Amaryllis
Getty Museum · negative 1985; print 1994
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Amaryllis
Getty Museum · 1977
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Amaryllis, Paris
Getty Museum · negative 1977; print 1978
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American Flag
Getty Museum · negative 1987; print 2007
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American Flag
Getty Museum · 1977
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Andre
Getty Museum · 1978
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Andre
Getty Museum · 1984
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Andre
Getty Museum · 1984
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · 1972
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · 1986
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · negative 1986; print 1990
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · negative 1983; print 1993
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · negative 1983; print 1994
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Andy Warhol
Getty Museum · negative 1986; print 1990
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Anemone
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 2011
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Angelo
Getty Museum · 1980–1981
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Anita
Getty Museum · about 1980
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Annabelle's Mother
Getty Museum · 1978
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Annabelle's Mother
Getty Museum · 1978
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