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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Cochrane

Photographer ‘receives death threats’ after Balenciaga S&M teddy campaign

Balenciaga has apologised for two controversial ad campaigns.
Balenciaga has apologised for two controversial ad campaigns. Photograph: UPI/Alamy

Gabriele Galimberti, the photographer who took pictures of children carrying teddy bears wearing S&M outfits for Balenciaga’s recent ad campaign, says he has received death threats in the aftermath of the scandal.

Speaking to the Guardian, he said: “I get messages like ‘we know where you live’. ‘We are coming to kill you and your family.’ ‘We are going to burn your house.’ ‘You have to kill yourself, fucking paedophile.’” He said 90% of the messages were from people in the US.

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