Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive cezanne Yasumasa Morimura

Yasumasa Morimura

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His captivating photographs serve as a visual record of the dramatic evolution of this exciting and diverse metropolis

Now reissued with a number of additional illustrations

ISBN 978-1-60606-003-2

Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive cezanne Yasumasa MorimuraFrances Terpak and Michelle Brunnick With essays by Patti Smith and Jonathan Weinberg Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, combining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in history. Mapplethorpes artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and 80s and, following his death in 1989 from AIDS, informed the