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Robert Mapplethorpe

United Kingdom, 1988
film

Mapplethorpe’s studies of nude black men were a shameless affirmation of gay sexuality. He has been credited with helping to formulate a sense of gay id..

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Master Photographers Series

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Artist at work: five British sculptors work and talk (TEFC)

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