LS Studio
Nudity Artistic Child modeling | |
Industry |
Digital photography Videos Web |
Founded | Ukraine, 2001 |
Area served | Worldwide (via Internet) |
The Ukrainian Angels Studio, better known as LS-Studio, (and also LS-Studios) based in Ukraine was an online subscription service and photography studio that created hundreds of thousands of photographic images (and hundreds of videos) of young teen and prepubescent girls and sold them via the Internet from 2001 to August 2004.[1] During that time it produced approximately 80 issues or collections, such as LS-Magazine, LS-Island, LS-Land, LS-Dreams, LS-Stars, LS-Barbie, LS-Flash, LS-Girls, LS-Fantasy, etc., and had thousands of members worldwide. Subscription was done entirely online, and members paid for the service with credit cards.[1]
While early collections often featured nude girls in natural poses, later collections also contained many images of girls in sexually suggestive poses.[1] No actual sexual acts were portrayed but there were implied sexual acts. Many later collections also featured the girls wearing custom-tailored costumes. The backgrounds appeared to be custom-built, similar to stage-play sets.[1]
Approximately 1500 children, ages eight to 16, were recruited as models in Kiev, Kharkov and Simferopol in Ukraine. Various nude photos were taken and uploaded to servers in the United States and Canada.[1] Quality and quantity of material from that studio was unmatched , and soon it became the most popular child erotica website in the world. The site brought in several hundred thousand dollars in profit during the three years it was in service. It has since been shut down.[1]
References
External links
- "Police Shut Ukraine Model Agency in Porn Crackdown". reuters.com (Reuters). 2004-07-28. Archived from the original on 2004-08-10.
- "Ukrainian child porn ring exposed". crime-research.org (Computer Crime Research Center). 2004-07-29.
- "Ukrainian child porn ring". crime-research.org (Computer Crime Research Center). 2004-08-13.