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The editorial team in Rome knew that to compete with local titans like Le Ore and Men , they needed a shock factor. They found it in the work of photographer , a flamboyant and infamous Parisian artist known for her surreal, eroticized images of children dressed as adult femmes fatales.

: Photographed by Jacques Bourboulon, the set features Eva posing nude at a beach and on an empty terrace near the sea.

Eva Ionesco later wrote and directed this film, which is a semi-autobiographical account of her relationship with her mother during the years these photos were taken.

The controversy surrounding this specific issue of Playboy and Irina Ionesco’s work became a central case study in the ethics of photography and the boundaries of parental consent.

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