A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
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The people behind it
Matt Smith
Robert Mapplethorpe
Marianne Rendón
Patti Smith
John Benjamin Hickey
Sam Wagstaff
Brandon Sklenar
Edward Mapplethorpe
McKinley Belcher III
Milton Moore
Mark Moses
Harry Mapplethorpe
Hari Nef
Tinkerbelle
Carolyn McCormick
Joan Mapplethorpe
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Father Stack
Karan Oberoi
Emilio Acquavella
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