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…he wasn’t taking pictures for the sake of sensationalism, or making it his mission to help the S&M scene become more socially acceptable. He didn’t think it should be accepted, and he never felt that his underground world was for everybody… ‘It’s’s intoxicating,’ he would say. ‘The power that you can have. There’s a truck line of guys that all want you, and no matter how repulsive they are, feeling that collective desire for oneself is powerful.’
Patti Smith, on Robert Mapplethorpe, Just Kids (via melissa) () 83 notes