Mapplethorpe Images

Really, Wilson, why all the fuss?

Maybe it’s because Mapplethorpe had an intense courage to photograph his world and present it to the public instead of leaving it in some crowded closet to be discovered after he was dead.

I don’t think it had anything to do with Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol or a 6-year-old Almodovar film. I think Mapplethorpe was a genius, now a casualty who will be missed.

RANDY LUJAN-PESQUEIRA

Laguna Beach