Mapplethorpe : Assault with a Deadly Camera

Against a backdrop of riotous pop culture & gay life in America, this uncensored memoir offers a candid view of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe who died of AIDS at age 42. This book is based on the author's journals. Fritscher creates a fast-paced account that hooks the reader like a page-turning novel. It started when the undiscovered Mapplethorpe flew to San Francisco in 1977 to ask Fritscher, then editor of Drummer magazine, to look at his portfolio. Fritscher, recognizing Mapplethorpe's talent, assigned & supervised his first cover. They later became friends, colleagues, & lovers. This book is a vivid, compelling story of a specific group at a specific time in a specific place, living in a Golden Age before AIDS.Fritscher, Jack is the author of 'Mapplethorpe : Assault with a Deadly Camera', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788195907 and ISBN 0788195905.