Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures 2016

Outrageous in his day, more relevant than ever in our own, Richard Mapplethorpe scandalised the establishment with his evocative and provocative photography, which not only thrust the extreme imagery of the homosexual identity onto conservative America, but transformed photography into an expressionistic and bona fide art form.

Revealed in a series of never-before-heard recordings of Mapplethorpe himself,  Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's documentary unearths intimate revelations and secrets about the shocking, extraverted artist who repeatedly proved that the only thing more controversial than his work, was the man creating it. Friends, family, lovers and critics share their own experience with one of the most singular voices in 20th century art.