We must therefore ask ourselves what exactly is driving our response to the threats that the Islamic State presents. Distinguishing between information about real national security concerns and images strategically designed to shock and titillate us will not be easy.

I then continued on to make a whole body of work about Marilyn the biggest icon of all and trying to titillate by shooting through doorways and shutters and so on and so forth, and only showing certain angles to create a reality that, obviously, is completely constructed.

I then went on to make more comments on the media and press imagery, so I started making reference to media imagery made it grainy, shot through doorways and so on and so forth to titillate the public or the viewer further in terms of trying to make the viewer more aware of their own voyeurism.

Over the years, the tabloid press has become increasingly intrusive, claiming the right not just to expose corruption and incompetence in high places, but to titillate readers with scandalous revelations about the private lives of the famous. What started off as entertaining gossip about royalty and film stars has burgeoned into a massive assault on privacy, with newspapers claiming that any attempt to keep them out of the bedroom is an assault on free speech.