Controversial images of kids crying advertise pasta in China.
Jill Greenberg’s hyper-realised photos of kids crying caused a mini-storm a whle back in the States and the UK. Critics accused the artist — who confessed to tactics such as taking sweets off the children to make them cry — of child abuse. The Guardian reported at the time:
When photographer Jill Greenberg decided to take a lollipop away from a small child, she had a broader purpose in mind.“The first little boy I shot, Liam, suddenly became hysterically upset,” the Los Angeles-based photographer said. “It reminded me of helplessness and anger I feel about our current political and social situation.”
As the 27 two- and three-year-olds featured in her exhibition, End Times, cried and screamed, demanding the return of the lollipop given to them just moments before, Greenberg snapped away.
The results have provoked a storm of criticism from bloggers. “Jill Greenberg is a sick woman who should be arrested and charged with child abuse,” wrote Andrew Peterson on the Thomas Hawk blog.”
Funny then that the same idea (and maybe the same artist — unattributed or not) should turn up in ads for an Italian restaurant in Shanghai.
Ogilvy & Mather Shanghai ad for Italian restaurant chain Gondola Veneziana: 
Jill Greenberg’s End Times series:
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The Angel Hair campaign became the centre of controversy when critics pointed out the similarities between the 2006 campaign and the photographic series, End Times, by American photographer Jill Greenberg.
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2008/angel-hair-pasta-baby-photos/
THIS IS NOT CHILD ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME THE FUCK ON PEOPLE