Blog post 4 Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe was born 1946. In 1963 he enrolled at Pratt institute in brooklyn where he began studying painting and sculpting. He uses a smilier technique to Henri Carter Bresson in the sence that he uses pure black and white images but where he differs is that Robert Mapplethorpe creates mostly staged photos using real life models.  For example this image of andy war hole is staged in front of a black background.
The image of Andy War-hole i quiet intriguing because he is a completely different type of artist in the sense that he use quiet traditional means to achieve his art such as painting and sketches. This picture was from 1986 before his death.

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/AR/AR00220_10.jpg

This image is of William Burroughs a writer and this image was taken at Mapplethorpes studio using williams desk from his study. The picture was taken in 1979 and used a white background which differs from many of the images taken in his studio which is what makes this image more unique.

The other image where taken from his flower collection which is very clever because people assume most of the beauty in a flower come from the colour but this image proves that the and the shape of the flower also helps to make up the beauty. The reflection of light off the flower is very good use of overhead lighting. The image was taken 1989 and the specs for all the images are 1000by800 pixles

http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/www_mapplethorpe_org/7b1db31c.jpg http://static.artfagcity.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/robert-mapplethorpe-.jpg                          


http://www.mapplethorpe.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe