Robert Mapplethorpe: The Black Book
1986
Published by St. Martin’s Press29.2 x 29.2 cm112 pagesPaperbackISBN 9780312021665
First published in 1986, Robert Mapplethorpe’s The Black Book presents 96 formally stringent and erotic nudes, all of them photographs of black men, either as full figures or fragments of their complete bodies. To this day, The Black Book represents one most important visual contributions to the discussion on beauty, sensuality and sexuality in photography.