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Poet, musician, artist and memoirist Patti Smith, one of this year's TIME 100 honorees, tells TIME about her life in front of the lens.

Identified by Salvador Dali as a 'Gothic Crow', Patti is known as the godmother of punk. There is power in the way she dresses and like a lot of female rock icons her look represents female strength. She is conscious of who she is and uses her clothes to express this, she created 'her look' in the 1970's and has stuck with it. Whether barefoot or in cowboy boots, ethereal dresses or a man's suit, her style represents freedom. Her clothes are a mix of items thrifted from salvation army stores…

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Patti Smith, fotografiada por Robert Mapplethorpe (1979).

Patti Smith

Patti Smith

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Patti by Robert Mapplethorpe

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