A compact yet surprisingly weighty volume . It anticipates the forthcoming exhibition "Mapplethorpe: Polaroids" at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art and its author, Sylvia Wolf, provides a biographical account of the formative years of the celebrated American photographer, alongside a critical survey of almost 300 of his hitherto Polaroids, from over 1500 he made during the six-year period from 1970 to 1975 See all Product Description