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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Emily Ratajkowski says she didn't consent to have her nude photos appear in a new book. The 25-year-old model and actress denounced photographer Jonathan Leder in a series of tweets Wednesday after he published naked pictures of her in the collection Leder/Ratajkowski.
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"I've been resisting speaking publicly on the recently released photos by Jonathan Leder to avoid giving him publicity. But I've had enough," Ratajkowski wrote to her followers.
"This book and the images within them are a violation," she asserted. "5 out of the now 100s of released photos were used for what they were intended: an artful magazine shoot back in 2012."
"These photos being used w/out my permission is an example of exactly the opposite of what I stand for: women choosing when and how they want to share their sexuality and bodies," the star said.
Leder/Ratajkowski features 71 nearly-nude or naked photos of Ratajkowski, according to Page Six. People reported the photos were taken at the Cape House in Woodstock, New York, in May 2012.
"To be clear: I signed no release & was not paid," Ratajkowski tweeted Thursday. "That said, the legal side of this is private and I would appreciate it if people waited to base their opinions on facts rather than speculation or assumptions. My body, my choice."
Ratajkowski is known for appearing in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" music video, and has since starred in the movies We Are Your Friends and Gone Girl . The model posted topless photos from Mexico in November after defending her right to express her sexuality.
"The ideal feminist world shouldn't be one where women suppress their human instincts for attention and desire," she wrote in an essay for Glamour in September. "We don't owe anyone an explanation. It's not our responsibility to change the way we are seen -- it's society's responsibility to change the way it sees us."
