[3] Celebrities Gross has photographed include Brooke Shields, Calvin Klein, Gloria Steinem, Whitney Houston, and Lou Reed.

[5] In ruling, the presiding Judge stated: "The issue on this appeal is whether an infant model may disaffirm a prior unrestricted consent executed on her behalf by her parent and maintain an action pursuant to section 51 of the Civil Rights Law against her photographer for republication of photographs of her.

Prince called his version "Spiritual America," after a 1923 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz that depicts the genitals of a workhorse.

[7] Although it had previously been shown in New York's Guggenheim Museum in 2007, eluding debate,[8] "Spiritual America" was removed from the Tate Modern gallery exhibition called Pop Life: Art in a Material World in 2009[9] after protesters described the image as "obscene" and a "magnet for pedophiles".

[10] Gross has stated that "The photo has been infamous from the day I took it and I intended it to be"[6] and that he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the Tate's decision to remove the photograph.