Mapplethorpe David moore lone birds reduced to shadow

lone birds reduced to shadow puppetry against the snow or dislocated flocks that mimic the grain of the photographs themselves

*Please note that the copies are new and unread

from near-complete obscurity to great desirability

the work is pointed

Signed by Olivier Tulliez to copyright page

Mapplethorpe David moore lone birds reduced to shadowFirst edition, second printing of Mapplethorpe by Robert Mapplethorpe. Medium format hardback in fine condition. Some very minor toning to the outer edges of the pages only. About Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of forty two, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. His elegant and sometimes