Oliviero Toscani, Benetton's shock photographer, dies aged 82
Toscani was the creative force behind shock ad campaigns of the 1990s including a priest and nun kissing.
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Photographer Oliviero Toscani, famed for provocative Benetton campaigns, dies at 82
Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind Benetton’s provocative ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s who later broke with the Italian knitwear brand under controversy, has died at age 82ABC News - 14h -
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Oliviero Toscani, Driving Force Behind Provocative Benetton Ads, Dies at 82
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Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 82
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