Emily Ratajkowski has taken legal action against a book of her nude Polaroids.
The model and actress spoke out on Twitter on Wednesday, days after Imperial Publishing announced the December release of a book of four-year-old, unpublished pictures by photographer Jonathan Leder.
Ratajkowski said she initially resisted reacting to news of the book, because she wanted to avoid giving Leder publicity.
The shots, taken in May of 2012, were outtakes from what Ratajkowski calls "an artful magazine shoot" and, she says, they're a "violation" used without her permission.
Ratajkowski, 25, appears in suggestive poses, partially clothed and completely nude in the $80 collectors edition of the photo book.
She tweets that publishing the book "is an example of exactly the opposite of what I stand for: women choosing when and how they want to share their sexuality and bodies."
I've been resisting speaking publicly on the recently released photos by Jonathan Leder to avoid giving him publicity. But I've had enough
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) November 30, 2016
5 out of the now 100s of released photos were used for what they were intended: an artful magazine shoot back in 2012
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) November 30, 2016
These photos being used w/out my permission is an example of exactly the opposite of what I stand for:
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) November 30, 2016
women choosing when and how they want to share their sexuality and bodies.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) November 30, 2016
To be clear: I signed no release & was not paid. That said, the legal side of this is private and I would appreciate it if people waited...
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) December 1, 2016
My body, my choice.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) December 1, 2016
An online description of the book says that the photos were taken when "photographer Jonathan Leder found himself alone in a house with a Polaroid camera and Emily Ratajkowski. This was before the black-haired, red-lipped stunner had shot to fame with her undeniably sexy performance in Robin Thicke's arguably sexist Blurred Lines video. Leder wasn't shooting her because she was a celebrity. He'd simply seen something in her previous work that made him think this L. model wasn't like all the others."
The photos are also being exhibited at Chelsea's Castor Gallery in February, which Ratajkowski presumably is also unhappy about.
Castor Gallery and Imperial Publishing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
USA Today