{"product_id":"mapplethorpe-flora-9781838668211","title":"Mapplethorpe Flora","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes – from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips, and other species – both common and rare – and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result – a stunning body of work – is collected in this elegant book, \u003cem\u003eMapplethorpe Flora\u003c\/em\u003e, with a foreword by Mapplethorpe’s close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383906713836,"sku":"9781838668211","price":180.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17666933482842.jpg?v=1773387829","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/mapplethorpe-flora-9781838668211","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}