A photoshoot inside a grade II listed town hall has sparked controversy, with some saying they thought the images seemed more like “an advertisement for a strip club”.<\/p>\n
The shoot was intended to promote Lynton Town Hall as a venue to host weddings, parties and community events.<\/p>\n
But the photos show a model posing inside the hall, with some claiming the images seem more like a \u201cpersonal portfolio exercise rather than practical venue marketing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Luke Anthony, photographer of the shoot, responded to the outcry on Facebook. He explained that the photos were \u201cpretty standard for today\u2019s standards\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019ve ever watched Strictly Come Dancing on a Saturday evening you\u2019ll see exactly the same types of dresses worn. It\u2019s 2026, not 1926, things have changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued to explain that the photoshoot was done to \u201cshowcase the town hall as a viable, and really cool place for brands, filmmakers and photographers to hire out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can’t rely on the occasional Zumba or yoga session to bring in enough to keep the lights on. In the same session we also had a musician come in to film content on the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
One Facebook user responded to the post saying they \u201cthought it was an advertisement for a new strip club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another said: “Is Lynton the new Amsterdam?”<\/p>\n
Others defended the images saying the critiques come from a place of prudery.<\/p>\n
Mayor of Lynton Town Council, Adrian Hobbs said the council had no comment on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A photoshoot inside a grade II listed town hall has sparked controversy, with some saying they thought the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,1325,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-557243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-facebook","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}