
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

as Robert Mapplethorpe

as Patti Smith

as Sam Wagstaff

as Edward Mapplethorpe

as Milton Moore

as Harry Mapplethorpe

as Tinkerbelle

as Joan Mapplethorpe

as Father Stack

as Emilio Acquavella

as Holly Solomon

as Sandy Daley

as Ken Moody

as Second Assistant

as Tina Summerlin

as Lisa Lyon

as Janet Kardin

as David Croland

as Tom Baril

as The Catch

as Jack Fritscher