Title: Altars /
Authors: Mapplethorpe, Robert.; White, Edmund, 1940-
Publisher: Random House,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Mapplethorpe, Robert.; Portrait photography; Photography, Artistic; Photography of men.
Abstract: "Altars is the full-color companion volume to the definitive collection of his black-and-white prints, Mapplethorpe, published in 1992. Beginning with his early collages, Polaroids, and unpublished color prints, Altars follows Mapplethorpe's preoccupation with color and geometry through a wide range of subject matter, from intimate portraits of Patti Smith to sado-masochistic rituals. The book ends with the multiple-colored panels of his late, unique photographic pieces, elaboratly framed."--book jacket.