Phaidon Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete Flowers

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Phaidon Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete FlowersThe definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpes flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth centurys most important artists, known for his ground breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower

inspired by Franco’s desire to use rare local apricots

“Although glass is usually considered cold

Inspired by botanical shapes

fragrance to film

Pages: 256 pp

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