- His work has been referenced on The Simpsons (1989). In Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (1994), Homer inadvertently picks up a copy of one of his nude photograph books, and is immediately horrified.
- Ex-boyfriend of Patti Smith. Lifetime companion of Sam Wagstaff.
- Grew up in Floral Park, New York.
- In 1972 he met art curator Sam Wagstaff who gave him $500,000 to buy a loft at 24 Bond St.
- Had three brothers and two sisters.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 599-601. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Attended Pratt University.
- Attended Martin Van Buren High School.
- Son of Harry Mapplethorpe.
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