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"An Australian photographer has spoken of her pain and upset at what she has
described as the unauthorised use of an image of her daughter as the basis for
a pro-Russia mural on a bombed-out building in Mariupol.
Last week an Italian street artist, Ciro Cerullo, known as Jorit, announced he
had completed the mural, which features a girl with the colours of the flag of
the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in her eyes, and behind her a
falling bomb with the word “Nato”.
“They lied to us about Vietnam, they lied to us about Afghanistan, they lied to
us about Iraq, and now I have proof: they are also lying to us about Donbas,”
Jorit, who became popular for a mural of Diego Maradona in Naples, wrote on
Instagram. “Be wary of those who would like to give us morals, their hands are
covered in blood.”
Amid accusations of plagiarism and of spreading Kremlin disinformation, Jorit
said in an interview with Giornale Radio that he had painted “a living little
girl from Donbas who spent her first years in Mariupol surrounded by war”.
A number of users on Instagram and Twitter pointed out the resemblance to a
photograph taken by Helen Whittle of her daughter, which appeared on a 2018
cover of the Australian photography magazine
Capture."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
