Toddlers and Tiaras

This spread caused quite a stir when it was published in January of 2011. For a country still haunted by photographs of Jon Benet Ramsey, these images created a knee jerk reaction of revulsion. But this editorial has a self awareness not seen in Toddlers and Tiaras. It exaggerates what is already present in media and advertising to the point where one has to confront it head on. Its publication began a national conversation on age, beauty, and sex that more subversive advertising failed to ignite.

Cadeaux by Sharif Hamza for Vogue Paris

A girl with a wiggle in her walk, a giggle in her talk, makes the world go round

A girl with a wiggle in her walk, a giggle in her talk, makes the world go round

There ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl to make me act so funny make me spend my money

Make me fool real loose like a long necked goose

But baby I ain't got no money honey

Lyrics from Jerry Lee Lewis Chantilly Lace

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