His posthumous  "Perfect Moment" tour ground to a halt in 1989 when Washington's Corcoran Art Museum refused to display materials from his "X" portfolio, including "Man in a Polyester Suit".
A former member of the "Pershing Rifles", an elite ROTC unit at New York's Pratt Institute, he put together the book "Lady" in collaboration with bodybuilder Lisa Lyon. He shared a cockroach-ridden room at the Chelsea Hotel with Patti Smith, and created the striking cover of her debut album. His posthumous  "Perfect Moment" tour ground to a halt in 1989 when Washington's Corcoran Art Museum refused to display materials from his "X" portfolio, including "Man in a Polyester Suit". FTP, who was this photographer infamous for his depictions of sadomasochism and the Manhattan underworld?
A former member of the "Pershing Rifles", an elite ROTC unit at New York's Pratt Institute, he put together the book "Lady" in collaboration with bodybuilder Lisa Lyon.
Robert Mapplethorpe