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People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
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