What drove Robert Mapplethorpe?

What motivated Robert Mapplethorpe, in both a personal and professional capacity, is made clear in the documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, produced by HBO. Throughout the riveting chronological survey—from his suburban upbringing in Queens, New York, to his death from an AIDs-related illness in 1989—contributors such as lovers, sitters, studio assistants and close friends point out that ambition was everything for the late artist.The filmmaker Sandy Daley was a neighbour