Robert Mapplethrope

This week we watched a documentary about the photographer Robert Mapplethrope, I found it interesting that photography wasn’t his first medium and that he didn’t like taking pictures that much in his early years. Later on, he became really passionate about it and was determined to become famous and known, I found it interesting that he would acknowledged using people to get what he wanted, and the people he was with were totally fine with it, this allowed him the success and career he had later on. I love that he was bold enough to do what he wanted and wasn’t afraid of what the public would think, he was also extremely good with people and that showed through his photographs, he was able to make his subjects feel comfortable and open to photograph them nude, and portray what he had wanted. This documentary definitely makes me want to see the other movies based on him!