Certain People

Certain PeopleIntroduction by Susan Sontag Mapplethorpe's portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well known images, including the self portraits, as well as lesser known work. Sontag's short essay on portraiture adds insight to the

My camera was a passport into a gray

an opportunity for those inmates to present themselves as they would be seen

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He uses photography to break down barriers between public and private spheres of activity

A Storybook Life is an attempt to discover the possibilities of meaning in the interaction of seemingly unrelated images in the hope that content can constantly mutate according to both the external and internal condition of the viewer

passing through the two worlds and fracturing the figure caught between them

Though the artist no longer uses himself as a model

Introduced in 1935 as the first modern color film

Printed in exquisite

private world

Text by Richard Howard