Portrait of Bennie. - a photo on Flickriver

Active Assignment Weekly - Photographer Emulation: Robert Mapplethorpe
AAW - Jan. 10-17, 2022.
Apparently Robert Mapplethorpe took a lot of dog photographs, nearly 2,000 according to these articles.
www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-mapplethorpe-my-ol_b_9547158
www.mrssizzle.com/dog-blog/2014/6/20/robert-mapplethorpe
I took a picture of our dog Bennie, using another picture of Mapplethorpe's as influence. I used his 1986 photo of Amos the cat. Reference to Amos in this link.
unframed.lacma.org/2016/03/16/robert-mapplethorpe-my-grea...
WIT: I used a bench seat pushed against the wall, with a large window and natural light along with a floor lamp, all on photo right. I used the camera mounted flash. This shot was from the second day. He looked too nervous in the shots from the first day. Photo is cropped, a few spots cloned out, converted to B&W, and contrast increased.
My photo is also a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that a lot of Mapplethorpe's studio models were nude black males.

Taken on: January 13, 2022

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Camera: Pentax K20D, f/4.5, 1/80 sec, 23mm (=34mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Pentax K20D
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	23mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	paint.net 4.3.7
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