“Pirates Of The Carribean” actress Keira Knghtley says her latest nude photographs were motivated by more than fashion despite many calling it x-rated and non-feminist!
The British-born actress was photographed for Interview magazine back in August, but this week revealed that the shoot by Patrick Demarcherlierwas a protest against the unrealistic expectations placed on women, especially those in the public eye.
In
an interview with Times Magazine, Keira said: “I’ve had my body
manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons,
whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
“That
[shoot] was one of the ones where I said: “OK, I’m fine doing the
topless shot so long as you don’t make them any bigger or retouch.’
Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what
shape you are.”
Moreover, according to The
Telegraph’s Claire Cohen, Keira’s nude pic was ‘powerful, feminist’ and
not a sex symbol for men to glance all day.
“Anyone
calling these shots ‘sexy’ is horribly, horribly misguided,” she wrote.
“To me, it’s clear that Keira hasn’t got her tits out for the purpose
of male titillation. Powerful, yes. Strong, yes. Feminist, absolutely.
X-rated? Not even close.”
In 2004, the slim-figure
star had a particularly public battle with photoshop, when her chest
was digitally enlarged for the poster of King Arthur.
“I
think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to
blame,” she told The Times. “It’s much easier to take a picture of
somebody without a shape; it simply is. Whereas actually you need
tremendous skill to be able get a woman’s shape and make it look like it
does in life, which is always beautiful. But our society is so
photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those
different varieties of shape.”
In 2006, Knightley
posed naked for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine with Scarlett
Johansson and a fully-clothed Tom Ford, the fashion designer, to
emphasise the contrasting demands fame made on men and women’s
sexuality.
Is posing nude for political reasons any justification at all?
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