Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibition At The Guggenheim Museum Editorial Image

Robert Mapplethorpe strikes as a man of mystery with a cool hairdo and leather jacket in a self portrait from 1981 pose with a machine gun for a self portrait in 1975 from the photographic exhibition `Explicit Tensions:  Mapplethorpe Now` at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City on April 23, 2019.  Controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe 1946-1989 was a cultural icon and was critically acclaimed for his technical mastery in his work.  His daring imagery offended many by crossing social and sexual taboos and led to lively and sometimes heated debate about censorship.