Altars is the full-color companion volume to the definitive collection of his black-and-white prints, Mapplethorpe, published in 1992. Beginning with his early collages, Polaroids, and unpublished color prints, Altars follows Mapplethorpe's preoccupations with color and geommetry through a wide range of subject matters, from intimate portraits of Patti Smith to sado-masochistic rituals. Includes an essay by Edmund White