Mapplethorpe

American  

[mey-puhl-thawrp, -thohrp] / ˈmeɪ pəlˌθɔrp, -ˌθoʊrp /

noun

1. Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.

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Example Sentences

They grew up on retro images of cool such as a waifish Joan Didion holding a cigarette or the young Patti Smith in a black T-shirt and black jeans smoking next to Robert Mapplethorpe.

From The Wall Street Journal

This gasconade is backed up by the nearby portraits he made of other artists indebted to his influence: Basquiat, Clemente, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Bread of Angels,” she briefly mentions Mapplethorpe, but still etches out a heartfelt, poignant image of the man when referencing “Just Kids”: “I continued my journeys with the manuscript in my small metal suitcase. Robert and I never traveled in life, but now we went everywhere together.”

From Los Angeles Times

Particularly, her days spent at the Hotel Chelsea alongside photographer and lifelong friend Robert Mapplethorpe, whom she notes was her “most important early relationship.”

From Los Angeles Times