Easter

"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" - Patti Smith

Mapplethorpe (III)

"Realizing that gay S&M practices hadn’t been photographed in an artistic way before, he found a subject matter that suited him. He loved sex. He loved photography, and now he could combine the two" - Patricia Morrisroe

Mapplethorpe (II)

"He pushed boundaries in every area of his life; he turned pornography into art; he elevated photography to the level of painting; he opened the debate about art and censorship. Ultimately, he did everything he set out to do, and he was only 42 when he died" - Patricia Morrisroe

Mapplethorpe (I)

It has been twenty-five years since the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe passed away, yet his controversial legacy is still met with curiosity and admiration. In Paris, the Grand Palais and the Musée Rodin are commemorating the anniversary with two major retrospective exhibitions. In spite of his cult status, only a few people really knew the artist who introduced graphic homosexual erotica into museums. Patricia Morrisroe is one of those people. After almost twenty meetings with Mapplethorpe, this writer, who had been initially asked to write his profile, ended up publishing —at his request— the intimate and polemic biography of one of the most influential artists of the 21st century. Here Morrisoe shares her Mapplethorpe experiences, the six years it took to write the biography, and the times she found Mapplethorpe’s views “repellent.”

Read my full interview with Patricia Morrisroe in Dazed Digital

Colour

La reciente publicación del libro que por primera vez agrupa el trabajo fotográfico de Hedi Slimane hace apenas unos meses, no ha impedido al ex diseñador de Dior Homme copar de nuevo las cabeceras de moda masculinas que, por estas fechas, marcan el inicio de la temporada.

Consciente de su capacidad para congelar el zeitgeist de una generación en una instantánea, Dazed & Confused ha decidido festejar sus veinte años en el mercado invitando a un grupo de jóvenes de la misma edad a dejarse inmortalizar delante de su objetivo. Por su parte, en Another Man, su visión de Michael Pitt contrasta con la de Patti Smith, en la que el protagonista de Last Days parece seguir poseído por el espíritu de Kurt Cobain tras haber protagonizado el subjetivo biopic del cantante a las órdenes de Gus Van Sant. Sin embargo, es la VOGUE HOMMES Japan la que nos ofrece a un Slimane inédito hasta el momento, firmando un colorido portfolio en el que explora diferentes posibilidades cromáticas intercaladas a su habitual blanco y negro al que ya nos tiene acostumbrados.