Robert Mapplethorpe

Known for

Acting

Born

November 4, 1946

Birthplace

Queens, New York, USA

Died

March 9, 1989 (aged 42)

Biography

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images.

Best known work

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

2016

Dirty Pictures

2000

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

2007

Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

1971

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

2021

No. 18: Mahagonny

1980

Still Moving/Patti Smith

1978

Lady

1984

Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

2006

Chelsea Hotel

1970

Filmography

2021
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Fellow Travelers
as Self (archive)
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe
2000
Dirty Pictures
as Self
1984
Lady
Director
1984
Kathy Acker
as Self
1980
No. 18: Mahagonny
as Self
1978
Still Moving/Patti Smith
as Himself, Director
1971
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
as Himself (uncredited)
1970
Chelsea Hotel
as Self