Robert Mapplethorpe's Life and Work: 5 Key Facts

As the Grand Palais in Paris hosts a major retrospective of the work of Robert Mapplethorpe, two new books, published by Schirmer/Mosel, examine the photographer’s favourite subjects – the human body and botany. The Black Book, which contains portraits of nude African American men – and in 1986 was subject to public prosecution under the charge of pornography – is now recognised as one of the most significant cont...