After Berlinale in Budapest – Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs was his life. This is the portrait of an artist who turned contemporary photography into a fine art, with a vision that created a culture war, still raging to this day.

Continuing the tradition of premiering photography-related documentaries – like The Salt of the Earth by Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado about Sebastião Salgado during the first edition of the Photo Street Festival in 2014 – the Capa Center and magyarhangya are proud to present Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, the new documentary about the controversial American photographer.

MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES is the first definitive, feature length portrait of the controversial American artist Robert Mapplethorpe since his death from AIDS in 1989. The one thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. Intimate revelations from family, friends and lovers are topped only by Mapplethorpe’s candor, revealed in a series of rediscovered, never before heard interviews, made public here for the first time. This is the unique portrait of an artist who turned photography into contemporary fine art with a bold vision that ignited a culture war still raging to this day.

Filmmakers: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, 2016 (USA)
Runtime: 108 mins
In English with Hungarian subtitles