{"id":224772,"date":"2026-02-24T16:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/madonna-photographer-steven-klein-called-out-for-ai-generated-dolce-gabbana-video\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:06:39","slug":"madonna-photographer-steven-klein-called-out-for-ai-generated-dolce-gabbana-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/madonna-photographer-steven-klein-called-out-for-ai-generated-dolce-gabbana-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna &#038; Photographer Steven Klein Called Out for AI-Generated Dolce &#038; Gabbana Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/madonna\/\" title=\"Madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Madonna<\/strong><\/a> and her longtime collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/steven-klein\/\" title=\"Steven Klein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steven Klein<\/strong><\/a> are facing some strong criticism online.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old fashion photographer, who has worked with the 67-year-old Queen of Pop on many campaigns and projects over the years, including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenklein.us\/collections\/x-static-pro-cess\/x-static-process\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/stevenklein.us\/collections\/x-static-pro-cess\/x-static-process&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonna And Steven Klein: X-STaTiC PRo=CeSS<\/a><\/em>, shared a video on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Monday (February 23) featuring an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ai\/\" title=\"Ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI<\/strong><\/a>-generated video version of a photo he shot from a years-old campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The photo in question, featuring <strong>Madonna<\/strong> scrubbing the floor, comes from a <strong>Steven Klein<\/strong>-shot <em>Dolce &amp; Gabbana<\/em> womenswear Winter 2011 campaign. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2183987\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the AI-generated video, the doors behind her fly open as people run past her, as she reacts in shock, with her face morphing as she bizarrely splashes the water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to watch the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019You want truth? Start on your knees. The floor\u2019s waiting.\u2019 -Madonna #shotbyklein @madonna @dolcegabbana,\u201d <strong>Steven t<\/strong>agged the post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madonna<\/strong> then shared the video to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/madonna\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/madonna\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram Story<\/a>, captioning it \u201cThe One,\u201d referring to her latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ThfwSa2hpN0\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ThfwSa2hpN0&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaboration with the brand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans were not impressed at all with the clearly AI-generated video, and took to the comments to express their dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuining your own art with AI is crazy,\u201d a user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so tired of AI, it\u2019s getting so annoying,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you imagine being one of the most amazing and talented photographers and to do this s\u2013t with AI? Like \ud83e\udee9\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love u <strong>Steven<\/strong>, pls don\u2019t use AI,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would one of the best photographers in the world ruin his own work with AI?! That\u2019s wild,\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA luxury brand using AI? Absolutely disgusting,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feedback in the comments is really clear!! AI is garabage you DONT need it \u2013 and we DONT want it!\u201d another person said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf all people you guys have the power to make these things happen irl and support creative jobs in an economy where shoot related jobs are cut left and right. Moreover, if you\u2019re gonna choose AI, at least do it with a bit of integrity and do it well. This is giving first prompt ever. This is just sad on top of being lazy and ethically questionable,\u201d another user added. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVIEUTDEQDC\/?hl=en&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the comments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, an over 30-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/18\/thief-of-hearts-lyrics-madonna-erotica-song-goes-viral-with-tiktok-trend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep cut from<strong> Madonna<\/strong>\u2018s discography is currently going viral.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/24\/madonna-photographer-steven-klein-called-out-for-ai-generated-dolce-gabbana-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna and her longtime collaborator Steven Klein are facing some strong criticism online. The 60-year-old fashion photographer, who has worked with the 67-year-old Queen of Pop on many campaigns and projects over the years, including Madonna And Steven Klein: X-STaTiC PRo=CeSS, shared a video on his Instagram on Monday (February 23) featuring an AI-generated video [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}