#mapplethorpe
When I designed this collar / leash / harness and named it The Raven Collar I set the intention to break some boundaries around expression of sexuality . This cover just came out with it and our Base Harness on the cover and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the manifesting of thought into art . Life is beautiful . Break Down the walls …. #Repost @fantastics
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KELLY CAPPELLI shoots QUINCY SAUNDERS ala Mapplethorpe - PATHS THAT CROSS at FANTASTICSmag.com
Photo- @kellycappelli
Model- @quincysaunders @twomanagement Director- @derriclowe
Styling- @rarescarfvintage
Makeup- @asylumb30
Hair- @hair_by_jeanie
#rock #rockandroll #70s #avantgarde #mapplethorpe #leather #malemodel #fashion #style #retro #art
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I’m fascinated with Mapplethorpe’s work. Remember, he did this stuff pre-internet with all the tumblrs, snapchats, instagrams and what not that people use today to shoot a bunch of provocative photos. I read a great article in the Guardian by Jack Fritscher which profiled the artist. Here’s a bit about this particular shot:
He sweated with white guilt trying to make his quest for black beauty keep him from the mortal sin of racism. He dedicated the last decade of his life to documenting famous black men, like the dancers Gregory HinesandBill T Jones, while continuing to shoot unknown black models. He was an existential comedian. He knew that the most frightening thing in the world is a photo of a penis. He knew pictures of black men could add another level of terror to his work. So he upped the anxiety for his white liberal patrons and made the penises big and black. Provoking American paranoia, he took a side-on shot of a black model holding a gun just above his horizontal erection: Cock and Gun (1982). When his patrons blanched, he would double-dare them: “If you don’t like my pictures, perhaps you’re not as avant garde as you think.”
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Rumor has it that former creative director for Christian Dior Raf Simons is saying “adios” to his label. Florence, Italy was was the runway for Simons spring 2017 presenting a collection inspired by the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
If you don’t know who he is … well, he is one of the most famous photographers of our times. Mapplethorpe is known for his nude portraits of men, erect penises, and other things related to bondage (BDSM).
Here are some of the runway images from his Spring 2017 collection.
photo by Umberto Fratini. Indigital.tv
Raf Simons Spring 2017 Rumor has it that former creative director for Christian Dior Raf Simons is saying “adios” to his label.
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Lanee Bird’s homage to Mapplethorpe. https://www.instagram.com/p/BW-dOxWHa6r/
photog: Lanee Bird model: barbi_doll
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