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Backlit, tattered American flag flying in the wind.

"Guggenheim Launches Photography Fellowship with Gift from Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation" July 25, 2019

Phillip Prioleau facing away from camera opening white curtains.

Financial Times

"Robert Mapplethorpe: from shock to awe" by Ariella Budick February 7, 2019

A single Calla Lily in a spotlight.

British Journal of Photography

"Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now" by Charlotte Jansen January 25, 2019

Self=portrait in leather jacket with cigarette in mouth.

"Remembering Robert Mapplethorpe Through Stories From Those Who Knew Him" by Miss Rosen January 24, 2019

man in full rubber suit reclining on a bench in front of a plastic sheet.

"Why Mapplethorpe's Photographs Remain Subversive, Even without the Shock Value" by Jackson Arn January 14, 2019

Ajitto posed on a stool with his head down holding his legs to his chest.

"Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most controversial artists of the '80s. Now he looks entirely innocent" by Philip Kennicott January 4, 2019