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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. His most controversial works documented and examined the homosexual male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A 1989 exhibition of Mapplethorpe's work, titled 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.
Born
Monday, 04 November 1946
Died
Saturday, 18 March 1989
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Rock Legends | Self | 2013 |
| Uncle Bob | Self | 2010 |
| Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Dirty Pictures | Self | 2000 |
| Mahagonny | 1980 | |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Robert Having His Nipple Pierced | Self | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Rock Legends | Self | 2013 |
| Uncle Bob | Self | 2010 |
| Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Dirty Pictures | Self | 2000 |
| Mahagonny | 1980 | |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Robert Having His Nipple Pierced | Self | 1971 |
