Zoey Says...

I've popped on to show what I've found and you've all covered it in the zillion posts you've posted today, haha! I've been looking at some old controversial images and I think its really weird how they aren't controversial at all in todays society! 

Robert Doisneau - "Kiss by the Hotel de Ville" 1950

"hen the photo was first published in Life magazine in 1950, Doisneau made it clear that the photo was posed, but that the subjects were real lovers he had met on the street.  In the 60s, Doisneau was faced with accusations that the lovers were actually actors.  At this time, Françoise Bornet, the female subject of the Hôtel de Ville photo, came forward and told the press that she was not an actress and, indeed, this was a photo of her and her real- life lover at the time, Jacques Carteaud" - Apparently it was such an issue because such passion did not exist on the streets & the passion that did happen was not of real lovers. 

Not the correct type of controversy for our exhibition, I don't think. I just thought it was interesting! 

I also found an ad campaign for Antonio Fedrici icecream in 2009. Using sex and religion to promote their goods. 

Highly controversial because it treads a fine line between sex and religion. Religion is typical of repressing sexuality. Such scenes, especially of such high figures (nuns & a popes) would NEVER happen and therefore almost promotes this to be desirable. 

Super Mods Enter Rehab by Steven Meisel, Vogue Italia July 2007

Another one I found whist searching through fashion images. These ones are controversial because there has been many a model who have fallen ill and had to go to rehab due to drugs and alcohol.