Irina Ionesco ordered to return negatives and pay damages (2012)
In October 1976, the Italian edition of Playboy published a pictorial of 11-year-old Eva Ionesco taken by photographer Jacques Bourboulon. Unlike the more surreal, baroque portraits taken by her mother, these beach-set photos were presented in a mainstream adult publication, sparking immediate international scandal. Eva Ionesco Playboy 1976 Italian.rar
Eva Ionesco later became a successful actress and director. In 2011, she released the film My Little Princess , which she directed and co-wrote. The movie is a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood, starring Isabelle Huppert as a predatory photographer based on her mother. The film served as a medium for Eva to tell her "monstrous story" through the lens of a dark fairytale, exploring the trauma of being turned into a sexual object before the age of consent. Model Eva Ionesco (Age 11 at the time) Publication Playboy (Italian Edition), October 1976 Photographer Jacques Bourboulon Legal Outcome Irina Ionesco ordered to return negatives and pay
This publication was part of a broader series of sexualized images of Ionesco during her childhood, which included: In 2011, she released the film My Little
Cited as a landmark case in child exploitation vs. artistic freedom
: From age four, Eva’s mother, Irina, took thousands of eroticised portraits of her daughter in elaborate, "Lolita-esque" settings.