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Spanish fashion house Balenciaga is facing intense criticism this week after shocking images featuring children sporting around teddy bears clad in bondage wear surfaced online. According to reports, the fashion house claims that they’re not responsible for the images and instead a particular photographer is. That photograph has been identified as Gabriele Galimberti, who has been featured in National Geographic, The Sunday Times, Stern, Geo, Le Monde, La Repubblica and Marie Claire.
On Wednesday, the photographer addressed the scandal over the photographs on Instagram.
He wrote: ‘Following the hundreds of hate mails and messages I received as a result of the photos I took for the Balenciaga campaign, I feel compelled to make this statement. ‘I am not in a position to comment Balenciaga’s choices, but I must stress that I was not entitled in whatsoever manner to neither chose the products, nor the models, nor the combination of the same.’
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