Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
105 mins
(39 votes)

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.

Cast

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Fran Lebowitz
  • Debbie Harry
  • Brooke Shields
  • Carolina Herrera
  • Paul Martineau
  • Bob Colacello
  • Patti Smith

Director

  • Randy Barbato
  • Fenton Bailey

Producers

    Screenwriter

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