Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpewas an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale, highly stylized black and white medium of photography. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits and still-life images of flowers. His most controversial work is that of the underground BDSM scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s of New York. The homoeroticism of this work fuelled a national debate over the public funding...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth4 November 1946
CountryUnited States of America
Robert Mapplethorpe quotes about
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live
If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.
I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
I just try to live my life and do my thing.