Matt Smith stars as the celebrated photographer in this new movie about his life. Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met when they were teenagers and would later go on to live, work and love ...

Boasting one of the most lauded debut albums in rock, Patti Smith's opening cut 'Gloria: In Excelsis Deo' is sung with an ...

Taylor Swift’s new record just got a nod from punk’s poet laureate, Patti Smith ... something good,” the singer and once muse of Robert Mapplethorpe went on. “She’s not trying to ...

Patti Smith is doing well ... days in New York City and explored her relationship with the late singer Robert Mapplethorpe. Smith's relationship with her writing was deeply personal, and she ...

In late 2011, I interviewed Patti Smith for a preview piece about her ... senator Jesse Helms during his attempts to demonise Mapplethorpe during the 1990s. But in some ways, the controversy ...

Patti Smith announced an upcoming tour to commemorate ... She met photographer Robert Mapplethorpe there while working at a book store with a friend, poet Janet Hamill. She and Mapplethorpe ...

Patti Smith, a legendary figure in rock music ... taken by Smith’s longtime friend, Robert Mapplethorpe. “The only rule we had was, Robert told me if I wore a white shirt, not to wear a ...

Patti Smith has announced a major tour to ... The album’s cover features a portrait by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and it is now enshrined in the U.S. Library of Congress’ National ...

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Patti Smith, (born on December 30 ... Smith moved to New York City in 1967, where she met photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, a relationship that would profoundly influence both her art and music.