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Statue of a person dancing. They are mostly nude, and their head is tilted back with their eyes closed. Their arms are bent out in a loose circle around them, and their knees are slightly bent.

A proboscis monkey looking towards the left side of the piece.

Portrait of a person in a white shirt and blue skirt sitting in a chair, with one arm resting on the chair. They wear a long necklace and a pink sash around their waist. They look vaguely at the viewer.

A calla lily against a black background in the middle of the composition. The view is from underneath, where the stem meets the petals.

This is one in a series of nude photographs of Derrick Cross, a Black dancer who was possibly a part of the NYC gay subculture. Many of Mapplethorpe's photographs brazenly portray gay eroticism. In this picture, Derrick Cross's buttocks and thighs…

A nude white man leans over a granite block so as to rest his penis on it. He wears leather chaps, with his buttocks and penis exposed. His face is out of frame.

A nude man sits on a stool with is back to the viewer. He is hunched over, hugging his legs to his chest. This is one image in a set of 4. The other three show the front and both sides of him in this same position.

A nude dark skinned man stretches his arms over his head, flexing his back muscles. This full-body photo uses a bright red background to contrast with and better define his curvature.

A nude pale female torso. Her neck and legs are cropped out. Her arms, while not visible, are stretching upward, elongating her form.

A black-and-white photograph of a white woman's breasts from underneath. It is angled so that each breast is toward the opposite angle of the frame, taking up as much space as possible.