Robert Mapplethorpe Quote

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

Robert Mapplethorpe

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

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About Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. His most controversial works documented and examined the gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Mapplethorpe's 1989 exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, sparked a debate in the United States concerning both use of public funds for "obscene" artwork and the Constitutional limits of free speech in the United States.