The images in this photo spread in V Magazine's July 20, 2007 issue have been manipulated to portray decapitated and mutilated women stuffed into photos of expensive high heel shoes. One characteristic or even definition of pornography, as opposed to erotica, as defined by feminist anti-pornography activists, is that it sells the idea that violence, especially violence against women, is sexy.
V's web promos for this pornographic cross between editorial content and advertising explicitly claim that their depiction of hacked-up women is sexy. V called the piece, "Foot Fetish." According to the V website, in this layout, "Photographer Bela Borsodi points his lens at the season's hottest heels. Shoes have never been this sexy."