I have seen photographs like this published on a magazine.. I wonder who is "my love?" I wonder would you be "my girlfriend" "I'll treat you right." What does it mean to "defend?" It means to justify and rebut.
For purposes of these photos, it portrays an art and just as any painting, it used what was available to capture the eye of the beholder, thus, it was manufactured and created resulting in the final product, the photographs.