It’s my bet that despite what  Annie Leibovitz is said to have said about this photo that she,  and all of Miley’s people, including good ol’ Dad himself were well aware of the “attention” that such a photo would get.  Everyone will make more money… as Miley Cyrus very successfully lays the groundwork for her transition to a ‘new audience’ beyond the pre-pubescent Disney crowd.  

The New York Post is reporting that Leibovitz says, “Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together, and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it… The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful.”

Yes Annie, it’s a classic portrait usually taken of a grown woman, not an underaged minor. 

 I think it’s kind of funny, in a sad way, especially the playing it off like it’s all for the sake of art and beauty (and not attention and sales/money)

 It’s hardly a secret… sex sells, especially when it involves a fifteen year old girl, who happens to be a multi-millionaire.