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Patricia Morrisroe (born January 14, 1951) is an American journalist and author, best known for writing the biography of Robert Mapplethorpe. [1] Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , [ 2 ] Vogue , [ 3 ] New York Magazine , [ 4 ] and others.
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/ ˈ m eɪ p əl ˌ θ ɔːr p / MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes , self-portraits, and still-life images.
Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010, documenting her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. [1] "I didn't write it to be cathartic," she noted. "I wrote it because Robert asked me to… Our relationship was such that I knew what he would want and the quality of what he deserved.
Samuel Wagstaff was born on November 4, 1921, in New York City.Wagstaff, a grandson of New York State Senator Alfred Wagstaff Jr., [1] was the son of Samuel J. Wagstaff Sr., a wealthy lawyer from an old Social Register family, and his second wife, Olga May, born May Emilia Piorkowska (or Piorkowski) in New York in 1894, [2] [3] a fashion illustrator who had worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue ...
M Train is Smith's second memoir, [1] following the 2010 National Book Award-winning Just Kids. [2] While Just Kids recounts Smith's early life, the beginning of her career and particularly her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, [3] M Train focuses on a later portion of her life, the period since the release of her debut album Horses in 1975. [2]
The Mineshaft attracted a wide range of patrons, some famous. Among those who frequented the club were author Jack Fritscher (who was present at its opening night and attended hundreds of times), [2] Fritscher's lover Robert Mapplethorpe (who took many pictures of the Mineshaft, was at one point its official photographer, and once said, "After dinner I go to the Mineshaft."), [3] [4] [5] gay ...
The two remained friends until Mapplethorpe's death in 1989. [131] Smith considers Mapplethorpe to be among the most influential and important people in her life. She calls him "the artist of my life" in her book Just Kids, which tells the story of their relationship. Her book and album The Coral Sea is an homage to Mapplethorpe.
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, received its premiere at Sundance Film Festival [9] in January 2016, followed by the international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival [10] in February, and a world television premiere on HBO in April. The film was released theatrically in the US and UK in April 2016.