Some Women

"In Some Women, Mapplethorpe presents an exquisite celebration of female beauty. Included in the more than eighty photographs, many new and unpublished, are studies of friends, fellow artists, children, and celebrities--among them Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva, Grace Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini, and Yoko Ono. Joan Didion contributes an insightful essay exploring Mapplethorpe as artist and women as subject. Mapplethorpe's luminous vision and his elegant eye are nowhere more evident than in this stunning selection."--the publisher.