[1] In 1994, the National Endowment for the Arts rejected recommended photography fellowships to Alpern, as well as Barbara DeGenevieve and Andres Serrano.
[2][3] Merry Alpern became one of many artists assaulted by congressional conservatives trying to defund the National Endowment for the Arts because of this series.
[5] She later produced and exhibited another series called Shopping which included images from hidden video cameras, taken in department stores, malls, and fitting rooms between 1997-99.
[7] A 1995 feature on her Dirty Windows project in American Photo magazine lists Time Warner, Barron's, and Investment Advisor among her commercial clients.
[8] In April 1995 she signed with Bonni Benrubi Gallery, and "more than 200 of her prints...sold at prices ranging from $500 to $2,500," despite the controversy arising from the NEA's advisory council rescinding the grant its peer panel awarded her.