Would You Call It Art If You Found It On His Phone?

The Loud Lens: Photography's Middle Finger · Jun 24, 2026 · 17m

Over three thousand photographs of women. Taken without their knowledge. Without their consent. Some of them upskirt shots. Started, by his own admission, as a joke to share with mates on WhatsApp.Then a curator got involved. And a publisher. And Rolling Stone. And a prestigious Milan gallery. And suddenly it was art.This week, Italian photographer Ray Banhoff resurfaced to talk proudly about Fie, a project he made between 2012 and 2015 (approx). And the internet caught up with what was actually in those photographs.But this episode isn't a pile-on. Because if we focus only on the man, we let…