Pierre Molinier was a French photographer and painter known for his erotic and Surrealist imagery. He was born in 1900 in Agen, France and began his artistic career as a painter, but eventually turned to photography in the 1930s. Molinier’s photographs were highly personal and often featured himself as the subject, often in cross-dressing and …
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American 20th Century photographer best known for his portraits of the LGBTQ community in New York City, predominantly featuring bondage, nudes, and erotic art photography. Mapplethorpe photographed his only female lover, poet Patti Smith. After their relationship, he began photographing other gay men in New York City. He spent most of …
Diane Arbus was an American 20th Century photographer who created intimate black and white portraits. Her fine art photographs depicted marginalized people, such as those with mental illness, so-called “freak show” workers, and transgender people. Examples of her portraits included female impersonators, body builders, heavily tattooed people, nudists, and triplets. These images portrayed these people …