The cover of Patti Smith’s Horses is a lesson in the power of the "anti-performance". Shot by Robert Mapplethorpe in 1975, it bypassed the industry’s obsession with "approachable" female artists in favor of something raw and present . Fifty years later, it lives in museums as one of the great works of 20th-century photography. ⚡️ https://www.artbeforenoise.com/horses-patti-smith-album-cover/ #PattiSmith #MusicHistory #ArtHistory #Vinyl