'Vogue Portugal deeply apologises for any offence or upset caused by this photo shoot.'
Vogue Portugal has pulled one of the four covers for their upcoming July/August 2020 issue following criticism for how it depicts mental illness and pyschiatric hospitals.when the image of a woman naked in a bathtub, having water poured over her by two women in old-fashioned nurse uniforms was released last week.
On an Instagram post, the magazine revealed the image would be one of four for what they called ‘The Madness Issue’.Advertisement Others flagged that it was focusing on outdated troupes of psychiatric hospitals with the sterile environment and nurses costumes when modern mental health units can be very different,Initially, Vogue Portugal posted a statement explaining that the cover portrays a hospital scene where the model is by her real life mother and grandmother, shot by photographer Branislav Simoncik.
‘The cover story explores the historical context of mental health and is designed to reflect real-life and authentic stories, inspired by deep research of hundreds of reportage photographs from some of the most relevant and famous documentarists who have captured mental health hospitals. Inside the issue, features interviews and contributions from psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists and other experts in the field.
The post said: ‘On such an important issue such as mental health we cannot be divided. Vogue Portugal has taken the decision to pull one of the four covers of our July/August issue, which depicts a scene of a psychiatric hospital as well as the inside cover story based around the topic of mental health.
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