Playboy 1976 Italian131 Verified: Eva Ionesco

However, it is impossible to view these images through a purely aesthetic lens. Eva Ionesco was a minor at the time these photographs were taken (she was 11 years old during the shoot). While Italian Playboy published them, and while such imagery walked a fine line of legality in 1970s Europe, history has rendered a harsh verdict on this work.

: The pictorial, which featured Eva nude on a beach and a terrace, was shot by Jacques Bourboulon Publication eva ionesco playboy 1976 italian131 verified

The appearance of 11-year-old in the October 1976 issue of Playboy Italy remains one of the most controversial moments in the magazine's history, as she was the youngest model ever featured in a nude pictorial. This event was part of a wider pattern of exploitation orchestrated by her mother, photographer Irina Ionesco , who began taking eroticized photos of Eva when she was as young as four. The 1976 Playboy Appearance However, it is impossible to view these images