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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.

A nude light-skinned man curls up on the floor. Only the top of his back to his buttocks are visible. His body is centered in the frame, with the buttocks facing the top.

Three shapes made of thick black lines fill a tan page.