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Robert Mapplethorpe

1946 - 1989

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Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) 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 gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mapplethorpe's 1989 exhibition, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Mapplethorpe is the 35th most popular photographer (down from 26th in 2019), the 3,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,055th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Photographer.

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Among photographers, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 35 out of 148. Before him are Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, Wilhelm Brasse, Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, and William Klein. After him are Sophie Calle, Napoleon Sarony, Peter Lindbergh, Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, and Berenice Abbott.

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Among people born in 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 218. Before him are Jean-Jacques Beineix, Stig Blomqvist, Donovan, Cheng Pei-pei, Willy van der Kuijlen, and Toquinho. After him are Joseph Deiss, Craig Venter, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Maria Bethânia, Miguel Reina, and Sven Nordqvist. Among people deceased in 1989, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 92. Before him are Franz Binder, Sergei Sobolev, Charles Vanel, Vasile Milea, Carlos Puebla, and Albert Bormann. After him are Pérez Prado, Antonia Brico, Cesare Zavattini, Marshall Harvey Stone, René Moawad, and Ahmed Abdallah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 3,083 out of 20,380. Before him are Liev Schreiber (1967), Ray Dalio (1949), James Franco (1978), Triple H (1969), Chris Rock (1965), and Lewis Mumford (1895). After him are Craig Venter (1946), Jerry Fodor (1935), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), and Laurie Holden (1969).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), and William Klein (1928). After him are Berenice Abbott (1898), Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Paul Strand (1890), Sean Flynn (1941), and Wilson Bentley (1865).

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