{"product_id":"mapplethorpe-flora-9781838668211","title":"Mapplethorpe Flora","description":"The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition\n Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes – from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works. \nIn carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips and other species – both common and rare – and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result – a stunning body of work – is collected in this elegant book, with a foreword by Mapplethorpe’s close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.","brand":"Phaidon Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415855108384,"sku":"9781838668211","price":79.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781838668211.jpg?v=1781204363","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/mapplethorpe-flora-9781838668211","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}