Robert Mapplethorpe
latest news & developmentsJapanese court rules on Mapplethorpe’s pictures
Japan’s top court ruled on Tuesday that pictures by late United States photographer Robert Mapplethorpe are not obscene, putting an end to years of legal fighting. In the 2003…
Japan publisher challenges genitals picture ban
A publisher has taken to Japan’s top court his eight-year fight over the banning of imported images of male genitals in a book of pictures by the late American photographer…