Ad watchdog censures Doug Moran National Portrait Prize ‘Pussy Magnet’ photo

Zoe Samios

March 30, 2017 8:55

A complaint about a photograph featuring a man in ‘pussy magnet’ Speedos has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Board.

‘Australia Votes’, which was featured alongside six other finalist photographs in Sydney to celebrate the 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, showed four Australians on voting day including the man in his swimwear.

The original image, taken by finalist Edwina Pickes

The complaint was sparked when the image, cropped to feature just the man in his swimmers, was displayed in a window at Moran House in Sydney’s CBD.

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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Advertising Standards Board ASB The Moran Arts Foundation

1 COMMENTS

JG 30 Mar 17

I thought it was an ad for Tony Abbott’s new line of budgie smugglers.

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Ad watchdog censures Doug Moran National Portrait Prize ‘Pussy Magnet’ photo

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