What a shame that such a smart, beautiful role model would choose to participate in this photoshoot. This is glamorizing intimate partner violence. What are her fans to think? What is the statement here?

Why all the words. These pictures are crap, that’s all.

This photos don’t say domestic violence to me at all. I’ve had a couple black eyes, and guess what? Neither of them were from a man. This is just another example of people looking for something to be upset about. Great work, Tyler. This is art. I’m tired of people getting offended just because they don’t understand people’s tastes in art. Tattoos, for example. Some say they are trash, others say art. Next shoot, give her a fist shaped bruise to the mouth and some thumb prints on the fronts of her arms.. then maybe people would actually have something to bitch about. You know fully that my mother, brother, and I were terrorized by our stepdad. Violently. I’m not offended, nor do I see any reflection of that kind of behavior in these photos. No regrets, Tyler!

The “domestic abuse” centric ones seem to be less artful/meaningful (with the seeming attempt to tell some form of story) and much more like some dressed up picture taken at a party with some friends. Like just a normal group of people got together and took some pictures. Not artful photographs. Just some “fun” pics. I mean, look at her face in the one with the iron at his crotch — if I were meaning to make this “artful,” I would’ve had Heather’s expression me much less of this “Oh look what I’m doing, haha!” pose, and try to get her to bring out some sense of meaning and emotion behind holding up an iron to his crotch. I can understand the desire for something comedic, but this just doesn’t hit that nail for me. Still looks like some group of kids taking pics for shits and giggles.

But if that’s what he’s going for… *shrug*

Though I will say I did like the other ones.

have been through it (domestic violence) dont like the photos, to those of you who think its ok, imagine how you would you would feel if it was your daughter, sister, cousin, niece who was beaten

I like ur photo very much…….Good job!

As the director of Shattered Men, I do agree we should not make light of any form of abuse. When we get people to laugh at something, it is much more difficult to actually do something to stop a serious problem. This being said, why is it so common for society to accept the abuse of MEN? Foxe’s sitcom “Rising Hope” had a show where a man was kicked in the groin on purpose. When I posted about it being domestic violence and the woman who did it should have been arrested not only for domestic violence, but for aggravated sexual assault, they deleted my post.

THIS article talks only about abused women but men are abused by women as often if not more so than women by men.

ABC’s PrimeTime recently did a segment for their Basic Instinct
program in which they had hidden cameras to see what people would do
in given situations. One of these situations showed a woman abusing
a man. PrimeTime pointed out that women abuse over 800,000 men each
year. This is not surprising. Even the Department of Justice
confirms this. This would account for almost 40% of the abuse
victims, yet the VAWA does not apply to them? (I personally think
this figure is low)

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2741047

Many state attorney generals have actually stated that they would not prosecute a women for domestic abuse. Part of the reasoning for this is that VAWA does not allow it. It encourages an arrest anytime police are called but often they will arrest the man even if he is the only victim.

There are many resources from unbiased sources…sources that do not get paid for what they find. If we use only the biased sources, it would be like asking Ronald McDonald what the best hamburger is.

One source is the Center for Disease Control:

Psychiatric News August 3, 2007 Volume 42, Number 15, page 31

Men Shouldn’t Be Overlooked as Victims of Partner Violence

Joan Arehart-Treichel

States in part: “when it comes to nonreciprocal violence between intimate partners, women are more often the perpetrators.

These findings on intimate partner violence come from a study conducted by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The lead investigator was Daniel Whitaker, Ph.D., a behavioral scientist and team leader at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (which is part of the CDC). Results were published in the May Journal of Public Health.

Whitaker discovered, of the 24 percent of relationships that had been violent, half had been reciprocal and half had not. Although more men than women (53 percent versus 49 percent) had experienced nonreciprocal violent relationships, more women than men (52 percent versus 47 percent) had taken part in ones involving reciprocal violence.

Regarding perpetration of violence, more women than men (25 percent versus 11 percent) were responsible. In fact, 71 percent of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women. This finding surprised Whitaker and his colleagues, they admitted in their study report.

As for physical injury due to intimate partner violence, it was more likely to occur when the violence was reciprocal than nonreciprocal. And while injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25 percent of the time) than were women (20 percent of the time). “This is important as violence perpetrated by women is often seen as not serious,” Whitaker and his group stressed.

Is it not time to STOP THE MISANDRY and look at BOTH sides of domestic violence?

I don’t see the problem. I don’t see how it’s glorifying or sexualizing domestic abuse… Once again people are getting worked up over something, that is nothing.
If you disagree I don’t care. This si my own opinion, you don’t have to agree with it and that’s fine. just don’t bitch to me about it

You know, we just had a woman come into our shelter from the emergency room where they replaced her eye back into the eye socket after a beating at home. Maybe that should be your next ‘artistic’ expression . Thousands of years of violence against women does not make it forgiveable/inspirational art – fuck you for using your talent and your publicity to glamorizie it further. There is nothing cutting edge about you – you are a sheep in the fucking herd of inhumanity. I am an artist myself and I realize the core of freedom of expression – I also realize I have a responsibility in what I release to the public. What does your ‘art’ speak of? That you are a simple-minded, mass marketing machine unable to see past your glimpses of shock and awe – good job on creating the next poster for the war on women.

Yes, I too was abused rather heavily for many years and see nothing insulting in these images; in fact, I get it, and they are good. Just because you too went through abuse does not mean that you can speak for us all. Not all of us react the same way to the same things, and for some these images are in fact helpful. They speak to the nature of the human beast in many ways, and that helps one to understand violence.

Ridículo vc enaltecer a violência! Não tem noção do estrago que faz com uma idiotice desta… use a arte para mostrar as coisas lindas da vida e não para dar “glamour” á violência doméstica. No mundo muitas mulheres sofrem de violência doméstica todos os dias, morrem por causa disso, ficam paralítica, doentes. Aqui no Brasil existe uma lei a “Lei Maria da Penha” para punir exclusivamente pessoas que praticam a violência doméstica… por favor, não faça mais isso!

You know what? I love the artistic endeavor these photos embark upon. What I HATE is how so many people take the wrong meanings and BLOW.IT.UP. Sure, people precieve art in different ways, but for the sake of the sanity of the artist, when they GIVE you the meaning and reasons behind their artwork, fucking LISTEN to them. Take what they are SAYING OPENLY into account and for a moment STOP thinking about what you ASSUME this message is. The theme is a beaten up Barbie Doll. The Imperfect Barbie. That’s what it’s meant to show. Not to poke fun at and raise the nightmares and bad memories of the abused. If it happens to resurface bad feelings, then I’m sorry for them. Not the intention. But glamorizing abuse wasn’t the goal. So shut up and READ and LISTEN…

Love, Another Misunderstood Artist

Absolutely disgusting depiction of domestic violence. Yes, Tyler, being a victim of domestic abuse is something so terribly glamorous. Keep up the great work. Glad you think a man beating a woman and giving her a black eye is something for you to make your money off of…

I dont know who this photographer is, have never heard of them until now but am a big fan of Glee.
So if the model with the black eye was a male would you assume that his missus is beating him? How do we know the model isnt representing UFC or kickboxing, huh? Did the photographer make a comment and allude to domestic violence?

Look I am all for having an opinion but death threats is a bit much. Sending violent threats because you are offended by apparent glamorisation of domestic violence…fighting violence with violence…come on guys – Lets not set back domestic violence support and stuff back another 20 years…

Plus, box office action movies are constantly glamourising violence and vengeance in all forms, you dont hear about people sending them death threats do you?
Must be a slow news day….

You saw the clothes, the iron, the pose. You understood, without being told, that she is a housewife. You read the symbols for ‘housewife’. You saw the bruise. You didn’t understand, without being told, ‘this is a housewife who is a cage fighter on weekends’. Where is the symbol for that in the photo? Is she wearing a mouth guard or boxing gloves? No.

As for the maniacal grin, that’s part of the lie. That you can be hurt and yet glossy, , and sexy and in a photo, whilst some basic-ass, no-ability, vile misogynist photographer takes your photo.

Our culture already knows that ‘barbies’ can bruise. It delights in bruising them all the time.

Photos do glamourise violence, and in these pics the violence is both ways. Anyone who claims otherwise is either being wholly dishonest or is just plainly perverse.

Secondly the photos are not good, very cheap, like cheap porno pics. No art in these at all. I think the same could be said about all Tylers work. Only sickos would pay good money for this trash.

Very bad taste indeed.

Wow. You are one sick puppy. Read the complaints, came to see for myself. Now I agree with your critics.

She needs some good whacks in the head with that iron to beat some sense into her. At least then the bruises won’t be phoney. It is a reality every day for many women. The site is dedicated to glorifying abuse. Its not art nor does it have anything to do with political correctness as suggested by another poster. I agree there is violence against men also as well as children and the elderly not just women. Their bruises are real, not some cheap porno style photos for perverts to enjoy. I would label it porn, not art.

All that for what? Most of your look is appropriated from hack commercial photography and narcissistic fantasy. Not about the subject at all–like singing a Puccini opera to someone who aint listening. Ugly just Ugly, man. Like overpowering a woman, showing her where her place is? Fine but do it with an eye. Do it for aesthetics. This is ugly shit and its insulting to broads.

family violence is the LEADING CONTRIBUTOR to death illness and disability in women aged 15 to 44 in Victoria Australia, these pictures are not funny.

Art does not have to be justified. I’m all for freedom of speech but seriously, this is art and you don’t have to like it. But then again, the more you complain the more widespread these picture will get.. so go for it.

“I’m not into the idea of the raping of women, but I think it can be sexy.” –Tyler Shields.