mapplethrope

Self portrait, 1975

Patti Smith

If you are going to be in new york check out the robert mapplethorpe/polaroids exhibition at the whitney museum of american art.  the show traces mapplethorpe’s use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975.  included are self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, & portraits of lovers &friends, mannever exhibited before.  on view through september 14, 2008.