He added that the images weren't meant to be pornographic, but conceded Brooke 'was supposed to look like a sexy woman'. Gross told the Daily Telegraph of one of those photos in 2009: 'The photo has been infamous from the day I took it and I intended it to be.' Brooke Shields was photographed naked when she was just 10-years-old. The 10-year-old was then directed to pose standing and sitting in a bathtub, with two images showing Brooke full-frontal and completely exposed.
RELATED: The glamorous, complex legend of Marilyn Monroe It seems Terri's dreams of her daughter's fame inspired her to agree to the photoshoot, which saw Brooke painted in heavy eye makeup and lipstick and covered in oil. Terri declared her desire for Brooke to go into show business just five days after the little girl was born in 1965, saying: 'She's the most beautiful child and I'm going to help her with her career.'
Brooke Shields and her mother (and manager) Teri Shields in New York, 1978. Surprisingly, her mother Terri Shields was on board with the shoot, as she had long dreamed of her daughter becoming a star.