TARGET THE BRAINS NOT THE TALENT: Balenciaga to sue creative heads of controversial Spring 2023 campaign
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Balenciaga will sue the creatives behind the Spring 2023 campaign photoshoot relating to child porn as included in a Supreme Court brief. However, they refuse to take any legal action against anyone who has worked behind the controversial BDSM-themed children's photoshoot for Holiday 2022 campaign.
Both controversial projects have been heavily criticized online. According to the Daily Mail, Balenciaga's spokesperson clarified in a statement conveying that the Holiday 2022 teddy bear shoot by photographer Gabriele Galimberti will not be the subject of a lawsuit. "Gabriele Galimberti was not involved in any way with the Spring 23 campaign involving unsettling documents in an office," the statement added. Clarifying that neither of the photographers of either shoot will be subject to a lawsuit, the fashion house further talked about Chris Maggio, the photographer for the Spring 2023 campaign. "There is no legal action being taken against him. He did not create the set nor have anything to do with the unapproved items within it, said the spokesperson. Maggio, however, has not responded to the controversy so far.
