Joe
1978
by Robert Mapplethorpe
While browsing the photos at http://www.masters-of-photography.com/, I came across this image by Robert Mapplethorpe. Before, I mainly knew about him because of his connection with Patti Smith. That just shows how unbelievably unhip I am to the art world, past and present.
Mapplethorpe did other portraits of s&m folk. View another example here, and a quick google image search brings up more. This sure beats the dead gloss known as fetish photography nowadaze.
Oh yeah, he was wild. My friend Dean came of age in the New York gay/BDSM clubs in the early 80s, such as the Glory Hole and the Hellfire Club, where Mappelthorpe was a fixture. Oh my, the stories he told!
ReplyDelete(But yes, I've always loved that Patti Smith photo from Horses.)