L'Enfant (poster)

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L'Enfant
Man and Baby
L'enfant.jpg
ArtistSpencer Rowell
Completion date26 May 1986 (1986-05-26)
MediumPhotographic print
SubjectMonochrome studio shot of a semi-naked male model cradling a baby

L'enfant, better known as Man and Baby[1] is a 1987 photographic poster depicting a shirtless male model (Adam Perry) holding a young baby. The image, conceived by Paul Rodriguez was photographed by Spencer Rowell and published in the 1980s by British company Athena Posters.[2] The photograph was said to herald the "sensitive but sexy New Man" aesthetic.[1]

In 2011 the poster became part of the V&A Print collection and can be viewed in the Prints and Drawings Study Room level C. V&A, London and is published on p. 58 British Posters. Advertising, Art and Activism (Flood., C. V&A: 2012)[3]

In a 2004 British television documentary about L'Enfant, The Model, the Poster and 3,000 Women, Perry claimed that as a result of his poster fame he had slept with 3,000 women. The program also identified the baby as Greek-Cypriot Stelios Havatzios. Stelios currently lives in Limassol, Cyprus with his family and works as a lawyer.[1] In 2013, Havatzios appeared as the Mystery Guest on The Big Fat Quiz of the '80s.[citation needed] Perry, who was paid £100 for the photo shoot, worked as a London-based carpenter in 2007.[1]

Senator Josh Hawley once hung the photo over his dorm room bed at Stanford.[4]

Further reading[]

  • Gill, Rosalind (April 2009). "Beyond the "Sexualization of Culture" thesis: an intersectional analysis of "sixpacks", "midriffs" and "hot lesbians" in advertising". Sexualities. 12 (2): 137–160. doi:10.1177/1363460708100916.

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Milmo, Cahal (16 January 2007). "The curse of 'Man and baby': Athena, and the birth of a legend". The Independent. London.
  2. ^ Peter Jackson; Nick Stevenson; Kate Brooks (2001). "Making sense of men's magazines": 185. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "L'Enfant | Spencer Rowell | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/josh-hawley.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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