"State of Emergency" -a most disturbing fashion pictorial shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue IT, Sept2006

Models: Hilary Rhoda, Iselin Steiro

"State of Emergency" takes aim at some of the Bush administration’s post-9/11 security measures. It has a social commentary through the editorial. This is a clever, ironic series of pictures highlighting the horrors of torture and excessive use of force. Glamourising, normalising and feeding the demand for violent sexual fantasies, brutality and guns. It is only because it is vogue that people are even considering giving this the benefit of the doubt and that is why vogue has been so irresponsible in allowing it’s reputation for "classiness" to be usurped in this way which feeds sexist, racist, violent stereotype fantasies and misogyny.

This editorial did strike me, in the way that violent acts were targeted against foreigners.

Steven Meisel

Editorial for Harper’s Bazaar 1993

Model: Amber Valettta

Lindbergh’s website

Editorial for Vogue US Sept2005

Model: Angela Lindvall

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott potfolio via ArtPartner

Editorial for Numéro issue73

Model: Sasha Pivovarova

Greg Kadel Studios

Editorial for Bazaar Sept2005

Model: Carmen Kass

Editorial for Vogue IT Supplement March2004

Model: Natalia Vodianova

Glen Luchford portfolio, managing by Art+Commerce