- L'Enfant (poster)
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For other uses, see L'Enfant.
L'enfant, better known as Man and Baby [1] is a 1987 photographic poster depicting a male model (Adam Perry) holding a young baby. The image, photographed by Spencer Rowell, was published and distributed in the 1980s by British company Athena Posters.[2] The image reportedly sold over 5 million copies, making it among the best-selling posters ever.[3] The photograph was said to herald the "sensitive but sexy New Man" aesthetic.[1]
In a 2004 British television documentary about L'Enfant, The Model, the Poster and 3,000 Women, the baby was identified as Greek-Cypriot Stelios Havatzias. Stelios currently lives in Limassol Cyprus with his family and works as a lawyer. Perry claimed that as a consequence of his poster fame, he had slept with 3,000 women.
References
- ^ a b Milmo, Cahal (16 January 2007). "The curse of 'Man and baby': Athena, and the birth of a legend". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-curse-of-man-and-baby-athena-and-the-birth-of-a-legend-432331.html.
- ^ Peter Jackson, Nick Stevenson, Kate Brooks (2001). Making sense of men's magazines. p. 185
- ^ "Truth behind THAT Athena poster". Daily Mail (London). 19 January 2007. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-430099/Truth-THAT-Athena-poster.html.
- Rosalind Gill: Beyond the `Sexualization of Culture', Thesis: An Intersectional Analysis of `Sixpacks',`Midriffs' and `Hot Lesbians' in Advertising; Sexualities, Apr 2009; vol. 12: pp. 137 - 160.
External links
- The Model, the Poster and 3,000 Women at the Internet Movie Database
- The Independent "The Curse of Man and Baby" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-curse-of-man-and-baby-athena-and-the-birth-of-a-legend-432331.html
- Spencer Rowell official site.
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