Using extremely soft light
to blend the model's delicate skin and strong muscles,
shows a strong masculine and feminine beauty.
This is Schwarzenegger photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe's creation comes from himself, and the world he strives to present is his own inner mysterious universe. From artists Andy Warhol , David Hockney, Yoko Ono , Keith Haring , Roy Lichtenstein to rock star Iggy Pop , supermodel Grace Jones, beat generation core novelist William Burroughs and even Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mapplethorpe casually took off the halos on the heads of these celebrities, Stripped from the context of their respective fields, they exist as pure and beautiful “people” in the photos.
Mapplethorpe usually began each day of his work by photographing flowers in order to focus his attention on the formal properties of his subjects.
What connects such still life photography works with the portraits and body works he creates is the same dramatic, startling, mysterious and alluring light and shadow processing methods: whether they are black and white or color, these photos The light and shadow in the photo seem to grow on those flowers, fresh and mouth-watering, ready to pour out of the photo at any time.
In Mapplethorpe's eyes, flowers and the human body are part of the universe.
