Robert Mapplethorpe - Pictures Emblem They stood around

They stood around

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Robert Mapplethorpe - Pictures Emblem They stood aroundPictures brings together an extensive selection of works from throughout Robert Mapplethorpes career. Responsible for some of the most arresting, polemical, and iconic images in contemporary photography, Mapplethorpe turned the photograph into a controlled performance between artist and subject in his quest to engage with sexuality, gender, race, and queer and non heteronormative bodies. He treated his subjects with equal attention and precision, from