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| Robert Mapplethorpe 'Self Portrait' (1988) |
I was inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe because he had an odd obsession with skulls as shown in his self-portrait that was taken of him. He was a photographer during the 1970s in New York, where punk was beginning to form along with the gay culture. In an article I found, he was defined by satanic tinged black leather sadomasochism due to the fact that he enjoyed taking photos which were read as rage against mortality and the ruination of AIDS, which was a growing issue during that time. I found him interesting because he took an object that represented death or something fearful, and he believed that it was an object of purity.
Ever since I was a teen, I was always obsessed with things that most people wouldn't be obsessed with, growing up I always loved porcelain dolls. Their painted eyes and facial features didn't seem to scare me, but they rather interested me and made me view them as objects of beauty. The doll in my selfie is a doll that my mom got me as a birthday gift and I honestly love looking at her, she is made to appear as a little vampire girl with a small tooth around her neck and big beautiful button eyes. She doesn't scare me but she actually lets me appreciate the love that I have for learning about the paranormal and I feel as though objects that are viewed as "creepy" or odd by some people, can be viewed as an object of beauty and an object of purity.
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