Thursday, 4 December 2014

Mapplethorpe Video Notes


Notes


Born November 4 1946
Raised in Queens, New York
Brought up Catholic
Educated at PRAT
Lived with Patti Smith
Died March 9 1989
Photos were nearly excessively in black and white
His photos were of his life
Everything was going on around him
Mapplethorpe was openly gay and this was shown in his work
Came out to his Mother but not his Farther
He didn't want to shock the audience but engage them
Incredible self portraits
Took photos of both celebrities and normal people
Work is very controversial 
Took many amazing portrait photos
Photos of Andy Warhol, Patti Smith and Arnold Schwarzenegger 
Took photos of flowers for money




No comments:

Post a Comment