Just Kids: Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe

By Bruce Jacobs

“This one has the magic.” With this phrase Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe would collaboratively designate the successes in their lives. It could refer to his best photo in a contact sheet, the best of her poems, the best song, the best drawing, the best cheap clothes, the best studio or apartment, even the best lover for the other. It also applies to Smith’s terrific new book “Just Kids.” MORE...

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