خلاصه داستان : در این فیلم مستند به ابعاد مختلف زندگی شخصی و کاری Robert Mapplethorpe  پرداخته می شود او که در سال 1946 به دنیا آمد در سال 1989 از دنیا رفت به خاطر هنر عکاسی سیاه و سفید خود معروف بود . استعداد او به همین بخش خلاصه نمی شود و نام او در کنار عکاسی...

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.