Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - #MapplethorpeMondays—Robert Mapplethorpe took hundreds of Polaroids between 1970-75, using the instant camera to experiment with subject matter and develop its technique as a photographer. At the time,
![Robert Mapplethorpe: Right from the start: The early polaroids of Robert Mapplethorpe, 1996 - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery Robert Mapplethorpe: Right from the start: The early polaroids of Robert Mapplethorpe, 1996 - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery](https://images.roslynoxley9.com.au/eq/Zi/aea782bd-70c6-45b1-ab72-5a92338044bd/thumb-480.jpg)
Robert Mapplethorpe: Right from the start: The early polaroids of Robert Mapplethorpe, 1996 - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
![ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: 1973 "BACKROOM AT LIGHT" - THE SELF-PRODUCED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S FIRST EXHIBITION FEATURING HIS ICONIC FULL-FRONTAL NUDE SELF PORTRAIT WITH CAMERA - (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert | Arcana: Books ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: 1973 "BACKROOM AT LIGHT" - THE SELF-PRODUCED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S FIRST EXHIBITION FEATURING HIS ICONIC FULL-FRONTAL NUDE SELF PORTRAIT WITH CAMERA - (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert | Arcana: Books](https://arcana-media.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbcache/85/4e/854e950b7dd51f2da8b6502ed8cecf34.jpg)
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: 1973 "BACKROOM AT LIGHT" - THE SELF-PRODUCED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S FIRST EXHIBITION FEATURING HIS ICONIC FULL-FRONTAL NUDE SELF PORTRAIT WITH CAMERA - (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert | Arcana: Books
![Even now, if I doubt myself I think of Robert Mapplethorpe and I get my self-esteem back”: We meet Patti Smith at Paris Photo | Vogue France Even now, if I doubt myself I think of Robert Mapplethorpe and I get my self-esteem back”: We meet Patti Smith at Paris Photo | Vogue France](https://media.vogue.fr/photos/5c3617fec6cb006a5a31dbfd/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/patti_smith_734.jpeg)
Even now, if I doubt myself I think of Robert Mapplethorpe and I get my self-esteem back”: We meet Patti Smith at Paris Photo | Vogue France
![Robert Mapplethorpe 'Polaroids and Silver Prints in Context' @ Galerie Stefan Röpke - Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong Robert Mapplethorpe 'Polaroids and Silver Prints in Context' @ Galerie Stefan Röpke - Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong](https://p4.storage.canalblog.com/44/68/119589/43590071.jpg)
Robert Mapplethorpe 'Polaroids and Silver Prints in Context' @ Galerie Stefan Röpke - Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong
![The New York Times - "Spontaneity Was the Medium and the Message" by Karen Rosenberg - News - Mapplethorpe Foundation The New York Times - "Spontaneity Was the Medium and the Message" by Karen Rosenberg - News - Mapplethorpe Foundation](https://img.artlogic.net/w_1000,h_1000,c_limit/exhibit-e/5f8de35a13a8375f7b8b4567/30d3df07f0f88dccce250fed0be2667f.jpeg)