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Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe 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.

Known for

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021 • Self (archive footage)
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016 • Self (archive footage)
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007 • Self (archive footage)
Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe
Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe
2006
Dirty Pictures
Dirty Pictures
2000 • Self
Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker
1984 • Self
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980 • Self
Still Moving/Patti Smith
Still Moving/Patti Smith
1978 • Himself

Full filmography

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021 • Self (archive footage)
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016 • Self (archive footage)
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Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
1971 • Himself (uncredited)
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