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

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 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 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.

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…

This image is a close-up of an iris with white petals. Shadows are shown in teal, pink, and purple. Further detail of the flower is shown in yellow. The flower probably represents femininity or a woman's reproductive organs.

Composition of black and white images and text. A person mows a lawn in each image.

Arrangement of paintings on elevated blocks. The view is looking at the piece head on.

A nude person lays on a bed, looking at the camera. Another person stands in the background looking down.

A bridge to a door crosses a sunken plaza. There are sculptures in the plaza and there are people behind the bridge.