Where to Watch Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) (Legally)

Where to watch “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures” (2016) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.

What to expect (spoiler-free)

Here’s what to expect from “ (2016), without spoilers.

Genre-wise, it leans into Documentary, with a runtime around 105 minutes.

Cast highlights include Robert Mapplethorpe, Fran Lebowitz, Debbie Harry, Brooke Shields.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

lgbt, portrait of an artist, gay theme

Official trailer

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Plot

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.

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