High-priced photo star sorry over 鈥榗reepy鈥 shot
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Chen Man, deemed China鈥檚 鈥渕ost expensive鈥 fashion photographer, apologized on her Weibo account yesterday for her controversial photography including some of her previous works slammed by social media as 鈥渦glifying Chinese.鈥
鈥淚 blame myself for the naivety and ignorance back in my early years when my concept of art has not yet taken shape.鈥 Chen said. Chen also said she had already taken the works off from the Internet 鈥渢o prevent further harm.鈥
鈥淚 was born and grown in China. I love my motherland deeply,鈥 Chen said in the apology, 鈥淚 also bear in heart that as an artist I ought to shoulder a mission of recording and passing on Chinese culture. I stick to a goal of showing China鈥檚 beauty through my works.鈥
Chen, 41, is known as one of China鈥檚 top fashion photographers and has shot numerous photos for international fashion brands, magazines and global superstars including Rihanna and Victoria Beckham. She has been pushed to the forefront recently as criticism mounted on a poster she photographed at an exhibition of French luxury powerhouse Christian Dior opened on November 12 in Shanghai.
Eerie atmosphere
The poster shows a woman of Asian origin with her eyes rolled back, swollen eyelids, freckles, streaked eyeshadow and long fingernail protectors, which were worn by people of nobility during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), holding a Lady Dior, one of the brand鈥檚 well-known handbags.
Chinese social media users were largely spooked by the 鈥渆erie and creepy atmosphere鈥 portrayed in the poster and felt much offended.
A Shanghai Daily reader commented, 鈥淚 thought it portrays a girl with finger deformity at first glance. Her nails are not embellished at all, what are the protectors for.鈥
Another reader followed to say, 鈥減eople are free to appreciate beauty, people are free to get offended. There鈥檚 nothing wrong about feeling offended if the work makes you uncomfortable.鈥
The fashion brand that responded to the Internet fury immediately and removed the controversial poster from its social media platforms followed Chen on Weibo in about half an hour, explaining that Chen鈥檚 photography at the exhibition named 鈥淎rrogant Reservedness鈥 is not a commercial but one of Dior鈥檚 art projects.
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