Gumleaf
August 1st, 2008, 03:55 AM
12:00 AEST Fri Aug 1 2008
The New York porn site running raunchy pictures of Veronicas singer Jess Origliasso says the snaps were taken three years ago on a mobile phone.
But while the The Veronicas' record label has confirmed that one of the pictures is legitimate, debate continues over the authenticity of a second, more explicit full-frontal topless photo.
The story was broken on ninemsn's The Fix yesterday.
A digital photography expert has expressed his doubts over the unverified second image, in which a woman in fishnet stockings resembling Jess bares her breasts.
"You can see in higher contrast areas such as around her chin that it's grainier than the first picture," Australian College QED lecturer David Ewing told ninemsn.
"The shadowed areas are different to the first one and it definitely has more digital noise.
"[This could mean] they were taken in different locations with different equipment, or it's been repeatedly opened and closed and possibly edited."
Mr Ewing says an effective forgery would be extremely simple to create.
"For someone that knew their way around a photo program, it would be very basic stuff.
"Because the face is cropped out and the quality is so low, she could even easily be wearing a wig."
The Veronicas' management also denied the second image is one of the pop star twins.
"The portrait photograph of the girl looking at the camera is obviously Jess but, although the photos appear to have similarities in style and setting, I'm confident that the girl in the topless photograph is not her," The Daily Telegraph reported a Warner Music publicist as saying.
However, the company running the raunchy pictures has refused to back down.
Adult site <removed pornsite name>, which operates out of New York, told ninemsn the photos were provided by Flynet Pictures who claim both snaps were indeed Jess Origliasso.
They said they were taken around three years ago on a camera phone.
The first picture — depicting a young woman making a seductive pout while she looks over her bare shoulder — has been confirmed as a genuine mirrored image of Jess.
Her real-life tattoo, which is printed on her left shoulder and reads "Where words fail … music speaks", is visible in the topless photograph on her right shoulder — suggesting the photo has been reversed.
The second, disputed picture is far more risqué — showing a full-frontal shot of the woman's breasts and open legs in fishnet stockings.
However, close inspection shows some faint red and green marks on the woman's left bicep that are consistent with the love heart tattoo on the real Veronica.
"When will these young stars realize that those fun naked webcam snaps will always surface?" the <removed pornsite name> article says on its website.
But American celebrity blogger Perez Hilton suggested the photos are a deliberate attempt to gain attention.
"What won't she do for a little publicity?" he wrote.
Celebrity agent Max Markson said the story was unlikely to have been driven by the Veronicas or their management, but conceded the extra publicity would probably end up helping the duo who are currently struggling to make it big in the US.
"It isn’t going to harm their cred on the streets of Los Angleles and it might even make them a bit cooler," he said.
Jess has long been regarded as the wilder twin in the Aria-winning pop combination.
She recently set tongues wagging with an apparent lesbian romance with openly gay MTV host Ruby Rose.
The pair, who have been repeatedly spotted kissing and holding hands in public, recently made waves in the US with their relationship.
Lisa Origliasso, meanwhile, broke off her engagement to Neighbours star Dean Geyer last week.
The pair, who had been together since April last year, said their split was due to "personal and professional commitments".
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well as long as she is old enough to pose, then there isn't a real problem except for her reputation with "younger" fans. i think the veronicas are great and enjoy their music, but if jess decides to do these sort of things, it won't change my opinion about them.
The New York porn site running raunchy pictures of Veronicas singer Jess Origliasso says the snaps were taken three years ago on a mobile phone.
But while the The Veronicas' record label has confirmed that one of the pictures is legitimate, debate continues over the authenticity of a second, more explicit full-frontal topless photo.
The story was broken on ninemsn's The Fix yesterday.
A digital photography expert has expressed his doubts over the unverified second image, in which a woman in fishnet stockings resembling Jess bares her breasts.
"You can see in higher contrast areas such as around her chin that it's grainier than the first picture," Australian College QED lecturer David Ewing told ninemsn.
"The shadowed areas are different to the first one and it definitely has more digital noise.
"[This could mean] they were taken in different locations with different equipment, or it's been repeatedly opened and closed and possibly edited."
Mr Ewing says an effective forgery would be extremely simple to create.
"For someone that knew their way around a photo program, it would be very basic stuff.
"Because the face is cropped out and the quality is so low, she could even easily be wearing a wig."
The Veronicas' management also denied the second image is one of the pop star twins.
"The portrait photograph of the girl looking at the camera is obviously Jess but, although the photos appear to have similarities in style and setting, I'm confident that the girl in the topless photograph is not her," The Daily Telegraph reported a Warner Music publicist as saying.
However, the company running the raunchy pictures has refused to back down.
Adult site <removed pornsite name>, which operates out of New York, told ninemsn the photos were provided by Flynet Pictures who claim both snaps were indeed Jess Origliasso.
They said they were taken around three years ago on a camera phone.
The first picture — depicting a young woman making a seductive pout while she looks over her bare shoulder — has been confirmed as a genuine mirrored image of Jess.
Her real-life tattoo, which is printed on her left shoulder and reads "Where words fail … music speaks", is visible in the topless photograph on her right shoulder — suggesting the photo has been reversed.
The second, disputed picture is far more risqué — showing a full-frontal shot of the woman's breasts and open legs in fishnet stockings.
However, close inspection shows some faint red and green marks on the woman's left bicep that are consistent with the love heart tattoo on the real Veronica.
"When will these young stars realize that those fun naked webcam snaps will always surface?" the <removed pornsite name> article says on its website.
But American celebrity blogger Perez Hilton suggested the photos are a deliberate attempt to gain attention.
"What won't she do for a little publicity?" he wrote.
Celebrity agent Max Markson said the story was unlikely to have been driven by the Veronicas or their management, but conceded the extra publicity would probably end up helping the duo who are currently struggling to make it big in the US.
"It isn’t going to harm their cred on the streets of Los Angleles and it might even make them a bit cooler," he said.
Jess has long been regarded as the wilder twin in the Aria-winning pop combination.
She recently set tongues wagging with an apparent lesbian romance with openly gay MTV host Ruby Rose.
The pair, who have been repeatedly spotted kissing and holding hands in public, recently made waves in the US with their relationship.
Lisa Origliasso, meanwhile, broke off her engagement to Neighbours star Dean Geyer last week.
The pair, who had been together since April last year, said their split was due to "personal and professional commitments".
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well as long as she is old enough to pose, then there isn't a real problem except for her reputation with "younger" fans. i think the veronicas are great and enjoy their music, but if jess decides to do these sort of things, it won't change my opinion about them.