- Raised in a strict catholic household in central park, therefore thought that Catholicism had an important influence on his life and work
- Aged 16 he moved to Brooklyn to attend art school training
- Attended the PRAT institute of art, where he met Patti Smith who he lived with for a while
- First portraits were of Patti Smith
- America's most controversial photographer
- Well known for his black and white photography
- His work was used for album covers
- Documented Manhattan's gay community 60's and 70's
- Flower Photography, for the money as they were the best selling photos in the industry at the time
- His work was usually fairly simplistic
- Used his friends as models as they were most comfortable around him
- Often photographed 'taboo' topics like sex, violence and race
- He was amazed that his work shocked people and was accused of being selfish/setting out to shock people
- He charged up to $15,000 for a print and up to $10,000 for a session
- Talks about the mystery of photography and the magic moment
- His work was a statement/documentation of the life he lived
- Accused that his work was simply pornography
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| An example of his 'Album cover' work |
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| An example of his 'gay community' work |
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| Another example of his 'gay community' work |
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| Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith |
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| An example of his 'flower' work |
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