Robert Mapplethorpe




The photographer I chose is Robert Mapplethorpe. I find his self portraits incredibly interesting. In the picture above he wore all black clothing that covered everything but his head and hand. This caused it to appear though he was just a head and a hand with a cane. In the picture below it seems like he is moving his head as the picture is being taken to create a blur of movement. Both pictures allude to him fading away or dying. His portraits are some of my favorite that we went over in class and I think he had great ideas to create the images he wanted. 











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