Arno Breker.
Karakal battalion. De NRC-porno. 
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Nog even wat over de Karakal of Lynx-brigade. Het is een soort show-bataljon voor promotiedoeleinden. De 'mooie meiden' die met grote regelmaat worden gefotografeerd moeten mannelijk kanonnenvlees het IDF inlokken, dat is de opzet. Andere eenheden van het Israëlische leger kijken op ze neer omdat ze niet hoeven te vechten bij oorlog.
BBC News: Israel targets US lad mag market (2007)
Israel has decided to reach out to young US men by publishing images of semi-clad female former soldiers in US men's magazine, Maxim.
Natalie
Aan de hand van deze foto's zie je dat de besproken fotograaf eigenlijk helemaal geen bijzonder werk maakt. Riefenstahl is still alive, brrr...
http://www.eduardplanting.com/
Eduard Planting - Fine Art Photographs
Great article with Igor Kruter in “NRC Weekblad”, 2 January 2010, about his series “Karakal Girls”. On view in the gallery now!
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(Chris Hedges)
Het omgekeerde telt dus ook.
Hoe bijzonder het werk van Kruter is... kijk hier.
Mij dunkt dat de invloed van mijnheer Sauer bij NRC-Handelsblad meteen te merken is, niet?
Een vrije westerse staat i.p.v. een moorddadige terreurenclave
Women soldiers in their underwear: Israel's image boost· MPs call article in men's magazine pornographic
· Maxim photoshoot was suggested by consulate
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv The Guardian, Thursday 21 June 2007 Article historyWomen MPs in Israel's Knesset have criticised the foreign ministry for resorting to "pornography" to promote Israel abroad after a feature appeared in the men's magazine Maxim featuring four former soldiers photographed in their underwear.
The magazine carried the article, The Women of the Israel Defence Force, in its July issue after encouragement from the Israeli consulate in New York as part of its broader campaign to improve Israel's image abroad.
lees verder Guardian
anzi
Zo zie je maar weer, het probleem voor de vrouwelijke Knessetleden zit hem in het ondergoed, niet in de verheerlijking van geweld.
Women soldiers in their underwear: Israel's image boost
· MPs call article in men's magazine pornographic
· Maxim photoshoot was suggested by consulate
The magazine carried the article, The Women of the Israel Defence Force, in its July issue after encouragement from the Israeli consulate in New York as part of its broader campaign to improve Israel's image abroad.
Most Israeli women do compulsory military service for two years from the age of 18. While they do not fight in combat units, they undergo basic training and can be seen at checkpoints in the West Bank.
In the magazine, one of the women, Yarden, describes how she enjoyed firing her M16 rifle before she entered the military intelligence corps, while Nivit says her job in intelligence was so secret that she cannot talk about it. There is nothing military about the photographs, however, which are taken in different locations in Tel Aviv
Zahava Gal On, the leader of the Meretz party, said it was inappropriate for western countries to market themselves using half-naked women. "It is unfortunate that the New York consulate thinks that Israel's relevance will be expressed by the use of naked women who are treated as an object, and not as women of substance who exude achievement and success," she said.
Colette Avital, of the Labour party, described the article as a "pornographic campaign to encourage tourism".
In a statement the magazine said: "Maxim was approached by the Israeli consulate to be a part of reshaping Israel's public image, specifically because of our unmatched mainstream reach to men aged 18 to 35. We are pleased with the result of our work together."
It is not the first time that Israel has used sex to sell itself. The Israeli ministry of tourism has an advertising contract with Arsenal FC to promote Israel which features women in swimsuits.
Israel is keen to sell itself as a western country with beaches and nightclubs rather than a country full of religious zealots which has been in a permanent state of emergency since its creation.
The Israeli government also has a MySpace page to promote its image and tourism.
Staff at the consulate said that they decided a photoshoot would be a good way of promoting Israel to young Americans.
David Dorfman, an adviser at the consulate in New York, told the Associated Press: "Males that age have no feeling towards Israel one way or another, and we view that as a problem, so we came up with an idea that would be appealing to them."
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