Not sure if people here read the comments, but this came from a reader…Keith Green.

“The Edward Mapplethorpe feature in the recent issue of New York magazine, was indeed astounding.

For the record: One of Ed’s portraits entitled, “Keith”, featured in the segment, “The Evolution of Edward Mapplethorpe” is in fact, me.

Shortly after the portrait was captured, Ed made about a dozen prints; one from each negative. He gave one to me and later showed the entire collection to a PE from Interview magazine with whom he’d worked on a few assignments during that time. The PE immediately arranged a meeting between Ed and pop icon, Elton John who then purchased a limited edition print as part of his massive and well publicized fine art photography collection.

- Keith Green”

And Mr. Green appears to be a photographer of talent himself.  Thank you for writing in.