1976 Italian131 Upd [extra Quality] — Eva Ionesco Playboy

Completely nude cover; later expunged from the magazine's archives. Irina Ionesco

While the Italian Playboy layout was captured by commercial photographer Jacques Bourboulon—known for his sun-drenched, beachside soft-focus style—Eva's career as a child model was orchestrated entirely by her mother, Irina Ionesco.

Born in 1965 in Paris, Eva was thrust into the avant-garde art world from infancy. Her mother, Irina Ionesco, was a Romanian-French photographer known for highly stylized, eroticized images of young girls in ornate, decaying interiors. Eva was her primary muse from the age of four. eva ionesco playboy 1976 italian131 upd

: Free from her mother but deeply scarred, Eva became a fixture of the Parisian nightlife scene by age 13, frequenting the infamous nightclub Le Palace and battling severe drug addiction.

Eva sued her mother for damages and the return of her childhood photographic negatives. Completely nude cover; later expunged from the magazine's

, sparked international scandal. Decades later, Eva Ionesco successfully sued her mother

Eva Ionesco eventually moved into directing and acting, using her professional platform to address her experiences. In 2011, she directed the film My Little Princess , which explores the complex and often harmful dynamics between a young subject and a photographer. Eva sued her mother for damages and the

Irina argued that the 1970s was a "more permissive and liberal era" where her work was seen as high art.