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MAPPLETHORPE ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE FLORA

The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’ s flower photographs in a sophisticated
new edition    Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’ s 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 with extraordinary dedication  using a range of photographic processes –  from
Polaroids to dye-transfer color works.   In carefully constructed compositions  he captured
roses  orchids  snapdragons  daisies  tulips and other species –  both common and rare
–  and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result
–  a stunning body of work –  is collected in this elegant book  with a foreword by
Mapplethorpe’ s close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.  |The
definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’ s flower photographs in a sophisticated new
edition|   Mark Holborn is an editor and designer of books  as well as a writer  who has worked
internationally with many leading artists and photographers. He collaborated with the Robert
Mapplethorpe Foundation on the original  definitive volumes of Mapplethorpe’ s work
twenty-five years ago. He lives in England.   Dimitri Levas is a New York-based art director 
whose career has spanned book design  magazine layout  set design and prop styling. He worked
closely with Robert Mapplethorpe over the years  and with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation on
numerous publications.  Herbert Muschamp (1947– 2007) was a New York Times writer and one
of the most influential architecture critics of his generation.

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