Photographer Misan Harriman Speaks Out Against Balenciaga's Childrenswear Ads
glamour.com, who regularly photographs , has spoken out against fashion house Balenciaga in a video shared on social media. The Spanish fashion brand is for a spring/summer 2023 shoot that features young children posing with teddy bears that appear to be wearing bondage gear.
on the Balenciaga website reportedly featured a court document pertaining to child pornography laws. Balenciaga has since pulled the ads, per .“As a photographer that’s worked with many brands in the fashion industry, I'm utterly horrified,” Harriman says at the beginning of a black-and-white video he shared on Twitter. “And I'm angry.
I know how many steps you go through as a photographer to get the client to approve images, I know how many adult eyes have to look at images for them to be printed, especially for a retail campaign or [if] you're selling the product online,” he continued. “This gift shop shoot by Balenciaga is abhorrent.
And those babies, those children that were not protected…The fashion industry needs to do something about this.”Here's the video, via Harriman's Twitter:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.On Tuesday, November 23, Balenciaga released an apology via its :“We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused.
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