Brad Pitt Justifies Baby Photo Price  6/27/06

New dad Brad Pitt has hit back at critics who insist the first photos of daughter Shiloh Nouvel were sold at extortionate prices, insisting the money will aid good causes.

Pitt and Angelina Jolie welcomed their new baby in Namibia last month (27MAY06) and sold exclusive pictures of the child to People magazine for a reported $4 million.

But the Troy star insists the extravagant figure is more than justified by the joy it will bring to charity beneficiaries.

He tells Newsweek magazine, "Knowing that someone was going to hound us for that first photo - and was going to profit immensely for doing it - I just couldn't live with it.

"We were able to turn that around and collect millions for people who are really going to need it.

"It's the first time I've actually felt like we have some degree of control over it (the media attention)."