See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

14th April 2013

Photo with 48 notes

Lydia Cheng by Robert Mapplethorpe for Parkett no. 8, 1986

Lydia Cheng by Robert Mapplethorpe for Parkett no. 8, 1986

Tagged: parkettnude1980sphotographyrobert mapplethorpelydia cheng

26th November 2012

Photo with 48 notes

Kitten by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1983
Also

Kitten by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1983

Also

Tagged: photographyrobert mapplethorpecats1980s

7th August 2012

Photo reblogged from Reality Asylum with 176 notes

realityayslum:

Robert Mapplethorpe - Lisa Lyon, 1982.
… via Live Auctioneers

realityayslum:

Robert Mapplethorpe - Lisa Lyon, 1982.

… via Live Auctioneers

Tagged: photographygunsrobert mapplethorpenudelisa lyon1980s

24th June 2012

Photo reblogged from theater of diminished faculties with 540 notes

todf, jillyuhohs:

Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, 1982.

todfjillyuhohs:

Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, 1982.

Tagged: 1980slisa lyonnudephotographyrobert mapplethorpescorpion

Source: neuewave

19th June 2012

Photo with 63 notes

Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1981

Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1981

Tagged: photographyrobert mapplethorpelisa lyoncorsetsstockingsnude1980s

18th June 2012

Photo with 34 notes

Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1981
(thanks to frenchtwist for identification) 

Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1981

(thanks to frenchtwist for identification) 

Tagged: bondagefetishlisa lyonnudephotographyrobert mapplethorpe1980s

3rd June 2012

Photo with 89 notes

Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1979

Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1979

Tagged: birdsphotographypatti smithrobert mapplethorpe1970s

26th April 2012

Photo reblogged from Love Like Cancer with 1,324 notes


kirgiakos, nahevytv:



Lisa Lyon, 1982. Silver gelatin print. ©Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

kirgiakos, nahevytv:

Lisa Lyon, 1982. Silver gelatin print. ©Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Tagged: robert mapplethorpelisa lyon1980sphotography

Source: nahevytv

18th April 2012

Photo reblogged from inscriptiones with 79 notes

inscriptiones, ratak-monodosico:

Robert Mapplethorpe     William S. Burroughs      1979
“If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.”  
William S. Burroughs, “Naked Lunch”  1959

inscriptionesratak-monodosico:

Robert Mapplethorpe     William S. Burroughs      1979

“If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.”  

William S. Burroughs, “Naked Lunch”  1959

Tagged: photographywriterswilliam s. burroughsrobert mapplethorpe1970snaked lunchquote

Source: kvetchlandia

13th April 2012

Photo reblogged from Andi B. Goode with 111 notes

andibgoode, mvmt01:

Two Men Dancing. Robert Mapplethorpe, 1984.

andibgoodemvmt01:

Two Men Dancing. Robert Mapplethorpe, 1984.

Tagged: robert mapplethorpephotographycrowns1980stwo men dancing

Source: mvmt01