A Trait Which Differentiated New York From

Can The Imagination, Any More Than The Boy, Be Held Prisoner ?" - From The Foreword To The 1976 Edition Of "the Painted Bird

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A Trait Which Differentiated New York From European Cities Was The Incredible Freedom And Ease In Which Life, Including Sexual Life, Could Be Carried On, On Many Levels.

I Do Like To Live In Other People's Homes. I Enjoy Being A Guest. I Am An Inexpensive Guest. When One Lives In Another's Home He Can Enter Into The Psychic Kingdom Of That Person.

Mapplethorpe Presented The Body As A Sexual Object, Separating It From The Humanity Of The Person. He Added Nothing To Photography As A Medium. I Hold His Work In Low Regard.