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Lindsay Lohan's shocking new photo shoot
By Eleanor Young on Friday 30 April 2010
Just when we think nothing else can surprise us, Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan has shocked again with a controversial new photo shoot.
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The pictures - taken by celebrity photographer Tyler Shields - show a scantily clad LiLo posing suggestively with a gun.
And there's more.
The troubled actress also poses covered in blood, with one shot showing the star on her back, with her legs flung over her head.
Lindsay has already had a controversy-filled week, reportedly throwing a glass at ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson in a packed LA bar.
And this shoot comes as a new low for the star.

The series of pictures - entitled The Dirty Side of Glamor - have caused outrage among her fans.

And after the star posted some of the shots on Twitter, she faced a massive backlash from followers.

‘Try to keep it classy, not more softcore porn with some guy draped over you,' one Tweeted.
‘It's not softcore porn hunny, it's called ART' Lindsay angrily posted back.
Photographer Tyler Shields has been standing by the star during the war of words, defending her on his website.
‘Everyone has an idea of Lindsay Lohan and last night I had the pleasure of working with her.
‘She is a huge art lover and simply wanted to create some and this is exactly what we did.'
What do you think of Lindsay's latest shoot? Is it art, or has she gone one step too far? Let us know your verdict in the comments box below.
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Comment by Kelli on April 30 11:20
This is awful and the height of bad taste. What WAS she thinking?!
Comment by Kelly on April 30 11:49
Awful awful awful. She's so stupid - Tyler Shields is a genius. By getting her to pose for these shocking pics, suddenly everyone knows who he is - and it just confirms she's actually losing it.
Comment by Katie on April 30 11:51
To be honest this doesn't surprise me - she is doing everything she can to cause controversy and eventually all these things are going to backfire on her. It's such a shame to see these young celebrities going down a one way path to destruction.
Comment by Dyson on April 30 12:34
I don't think it's quite terrible as people are making out to be! Just because it is Lindsay Lohan I think it seems more shocking but if you look through Tyler Shields other work it all has a similar style but yet we don't seem so shocked by these.
I'm not some crazed lohan fan or a Tyler Shields fan but I am a photographer and I suppose I see it from a photographer's prospective.
Comment by Leah Makin on April 30 12:36
umm the title says it it is meant to be a commentary on glamour - not saying i like it but think about the images rather than reacting
Comment by lace on April 30 12:37
Lindsey doesn't need to do shots like this, she's already successful and her talent is obvious to us all. If she wanted to make "art" she should have approached a real artist, not an exploitative photographer.
Comment by Janet Griffiths on April 30 12:45
Maybe it's just highlighting what we already know - Lindsay's had her finger on the self destruct button for quite some time now.....
Comment by Bunny Staxx on April 30 12:54
I have to disagree with this - if it wasn't lyndsay lohan in the pics then it'd more likely be considered art. posing with a gun IS irresponsible - especially with gun crime on the increase in Britain, but that shocking contrast between beauty and beastly gore in the picture of her in that flat looks pretty good I think!
Comment by kerris on April 30 12:55
I'm really not a LiLo fan, normally I just find her to be an immature girl who craves for attention, but I don't really see all the scandal about these pics. We've seen a lot worse before, from her or other celebs, so I didn't find them shocking at all!
Comment by Kat on April 30 12:56
In hindsight I don't think it's that bad... Compare it to some of the things they've been asked to do in America's Next Top Model such as posing in a meat slaughter house, or more recently, a bath filled with real blood. I think people are too quick to get angry about this because simply because it's Lindsay Lohan. I think that at the moment unless she does an absolutely angelic photo shoot people will look to find fault with whatever she does.
Comment by Robyn on April 30 13:04
Leave the poor girl alone! She looks hot, it IS art, it's quite obviously not porn!! What is the problem? The gun? Surely an American can pose with a gun?
Oh it's hillarious that this is shocking to people. It's a photoshoot with some fake blood and a fake gun. OMG call the police ;-)
Comment by Michaela on April 30 13:18
I really think this is a complete over reaction. Tyler wasn't using her, she wanted to do it herself and he is a photographer. I personally think they're fantastic photos in Tyler Shields' style. Whatever she's photographed doing shouldn't be reflected on her 'destruction' and 'break down'.
Comment by Jasmin Andrade on April 30 13:21
Its just art guys! I agree that people are just making a controversy over this cos its Lohan. If we didnt know the girl, would we really find it as shocking? Would it get quite so much attention?
Comment by Becky on April 30 13:25
I think the pictures are great! the blood stained one might be a bit much, but the rest are just on the edge....not even that bad! there are lots of other artists who do things like this and no one judges them - give her a break!!!
Comment by Sophie on April 30 13:30
Art? Nonsense!
Comment by Gail (Oxon.) on April 30 13:33
Its just Lohan at it again.
Why be shocked..shes always up to something..
The poor girl is in such a personal mess..she sure needs help but I dont know what will help her..a happier family background would have been a winner
Comment by anon on April 30 13:55
If this was simply a model that wasn't a well known celebrity then people wouldn't have as much to say. She looks fantastic and yes it is a slightly controversial idea but what about the artist that cut a cow in half and suspended it in a type of gel! Wasn't that called art?
Comment by Aimee on April 30 14:06
I can see that it is art, so I don't want to judge the meaning behind the shoot.
Though of course Lindsey knows that she is causing some controversy here, because she is not just an art model, but a celebrity, and clearly she wants to come off in a certain way. If it was truly about making art only, she would have created the work together with the artist, and made another model pose for them.
And possibly not posted it on twitter to show to fans who like her as an actress.
As for the art itself, it's a matter of taste. I personally think the picture with the gun is not so artistic at all, and the picture with the blood isn't photographed from the right angle, the shot is too wide and so the composition doesn't look so interesting. Could've been done much better. The last picture says nothing more than fashion photography to me. So I am not really a fan of the work personally.
Comment by fiona on April 30 14:07
She( Lohan the sinkable) makes ME SICK!!!
A cry for help, more like a permanent cry for the rehab centre or better still a black hole!!
What YOU people do for fame!!!
With all the gun & knife crime in London etc,now you lot glamourising it, this really sickens me- I wonder sometimes what planet some of you are from...
But Lindsay we ALL know which one you are from, "Planet Disaster" Remember "Ungaro" (That's the fashion house to the novices)hmm enough said!
Comment by Sandy- London on April 30 14:47
Urgh! Leave the poor girl alone. She's young and she's having fun - there's nothing wrong with that!
Comment by Ali Turner on April 30 14:51
Agree with Leah Makin, on Tyler Shield's website, there are far worse pictures. He also has photos similar, with a female model posing on the floor while he points a gun at her, so give LiLo a break.
Yes, she is a messed up girl and probably shouldn't have this, but don't judge the photos until you see the website of Tyler's, where the images not of LiLo are just as shocking!
Comment by CJ on April 30 15:30
Art is shocking now days. The same boring shots would just be same old. Artists have to evolve be different. I think it's great!
Comment by Jasmin on April 30 16:14
Why did the BBC use her for a documentary about sex trafficking.
What would those people she met think of this?
Comment by anon on April 30 18:36
ps ..He only picked her because she is so controversial and she knows that all this helps..Poor kid..someone needs to help her...shes on the same destruct path as the others before her...she lost out in piccies and has lost her way and desparately needs some careful tender handling ..in private and public life...What a rotten shame for a lovely girl...I feel for her..
Comment by anon on April 30 18:45
It is worrying that people no longer are appalled at images like this and that these shots that once would have been considered shocking and almost pornographic have become the norm . I have a seven year old little girl who looks up to these young celebrities as her idols and I certainly would not want my daughter to see Lohan like this !
Comment by Lisa on April 30 19:44
Best work she has done since Mean Girls---edgy, sexy, provocative and, she actually looks beautiful.
When the world wants to examine your undies drawer bw sure to wear your naughtiest lingerie.
Comment by Gabby on April 30 23:04
I don't think there's anything wrong with these shoots. There's worse out there, and in comparison, these are nothing. I quite like them too, they look amazing. And besides, isn't controversial art the best type?
Comment by ZaZa on May 01 17:10
The pictures are fine, its only because its lindsay that people are going off on one.
however, i do think it was a bad move on lindsay's part to do a photoshoot like this when she must be aware of the kind of press she's getting
...but what can you do? the girl is SERIOUSLY messed up! i hope for her sake she sorts herself out
Comment by hol on May 02 10:02
i think its art, and dont know what everyone is complaining about, love the pics
Comment by Claire on May 03 09:06
Art? has she got any qualifications? Sex & voilence comes to mind not art! Nothing new here...
Comment by Sofi on May 03 21:47
It may be art but posing with a gun when you're supposed to be a role model and in the public eye at all times is just disgusting. One step too far. Imagine if a rapper posed with a gun? Would hardly be called art, more encouraging young people to engage in gun crime.
Comment by Emma on May 04 12:36
Get a grip!! Its just a photo shoot!!And I'm not a massive fan of Lindsay but the girl looks hot!! So what if she's got a gun? James Bond poses with a gun? And how many young kids (and adults) want to be 007?? I rest my case....
Comment by Anon on May 04 14:31
I think these shoots are awesome. What's wrong with a bit of controversy? Do we live in such a nannified world that people aren't allowed to express themselves? The images also bring attention to the fact that being famous isn't exactly what it's cracked up to be.
I love the title to the set.. Dirty side of Glamour. Well done is what I say. Glamour isn't all smiles and beautiful women etc.. thank gawd there's someone out there with balls and the imagination to create such striking images.
I'm not a Lohan fan and I'll admit I've never even heard of Tyler Shields *sorry dude* but all I can say is that whether these images cause outrage , controversy or whatever.. in my humble opinion they're still art. Isn't art all about creativity and provoking a reaction? With that in mind, Lohan and Shields have certainly done what they set out to do.
Keep up the awesome work!
Comment by Emma Louise on July 23 13:57
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