Letter Patti Smith sent Robert Mapplethorpe before death

Her soul mate

Credit: Stephen L Harlow Music » From The Vault The heartbreaking letter Patti Smith sent Robert Mapplethorpe that he never replied to Joe Taysom @josephtaysom Tue 22 September 2020 21:00, UK Follow us on Google Discover When Patti Smith moved to New York City—when she was just 20-years-old in 1967—she was like a rabbit in the headlights after arriving in one of the world’s great metropolis’ from Pitman, New Jersey, but photographer Robert Mapplethorpe made her feel welcome in the city that never sleeps. Smith had made the gigantic leap as she went to chase her artistic dreams, a path which mu

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