HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PORTFOLIO OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

By

David Hart

- The transgender Officiant, semi-nude and shamed

- Bride, surrounded by flowers, looking into a mirror at her own anus

- Groom tying tie onto penis

- Zipping up and buttoning the wedding mask and leather boots

- Bride, parents, and my black friend Rodney with his half-erect member

- Ceremony violinist and cello player, naked on an embarrassed horse

- Groom looking into mirror with furry chest and suspenders, sea captains hat

- Wedding dress lying over a chair, an unseen person sprinkling it with urine

- Bride and father pause for an open-mouthed kiss

- Flower girl and cockring bearer walking down aisle

- The bride's veil, cigarette, and moustache

- Groom seeing bride for first time, regretfully remembering dirty weekend on Fire Island with Rodney

- Parents being seated, then whipped by a topless Grace Jones