Robert Mapplethorpe Net Worth

Robert Mapplethorpe Net Worth is
$1.5 Million

Robert Mapplethorpe Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Robert Mapplethorpe (/ˈmeɪpəlˌθɔrp/; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, known for his sometimes controversial large-scale, highly stylized black and white photography. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits and still-life images of flowers. His most controversial work is that of the underground bondage and sadomasochistic BDSM scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s of New York. The homoeroticism of this work fuelled a national debate over the public funding of controversial artwork.

Date Of BirthNovember 4, 1946
Died1989-03-09
Place Of BirthFloral Park, Queens, New York, U.S.
ProfessionDirector, Camera Department
NationalityAmerican
#Quote
1When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist.
2I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.
3One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.
4Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
5The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
6The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
7This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
8I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
9If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
10My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
11My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
12My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
13I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
14I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
15I wish I could be elegant.
16I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
17I'm not a photojournalist.
18I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
19I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
20I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
21I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
22I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
23With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
24If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.
25Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
26I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.
27I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
28I just try to live my life and do my thing.
29I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
30I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
31Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.
32Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
33I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
34I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.
35Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
36People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
37I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
38When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
39You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
40To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
41I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.
42I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
#Fact
1His work has been referenced on The Simpsons (1989). In The Simpsons: Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (1994), Homer inadvertently picks up a copy of one of his nude photograph books, and is immediately horrified.
2Ex-boyfriend of Patti Smith. Lifetime companion of Sam Wagstaff.
3Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 599-601. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lady1984Short documentary
Patti Smith: Still Moving1978Short documentary

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Scratch the Surface1997Documentary still photographer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
That Man: Peter Berlin2005Documentary heavenly thanks
Sneakers1992thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Uncle Bob2010DocumentaryHimself
Arena1988TV Series documentaryHimself
La edad de oro1984TV SeriesHimself
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced1971ShortHimself (uncredited)
Chronicles: Family Diaries I1970DocumentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Fellow Travelers2008Documentary shortHimself
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe2007DocumentaryHimself
Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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