Just when you think all the drama has died down another lot flares up, in this case it seems to be pandemic.
There’s a few subjects we would like to touch on today…
As Jessica Jealousy guest blogged about, there’s been a few cases of late of certain photographers harassing models. We can’t even begin to fathom how they see this as appropriate behaviour. Phone calls at all hours of the day and night practically begging these girls to shoot nude, how reassuring; in light of recent accusations of indecent assault on models, they’re being more cautious than ever. Rightly so! We can’t express just how important it is to be careful in this industry, we have all heard of the ‘touchy feely’ photographers out there, in some cases it’s got worse, it saddens us that these few utter assholes can ruin it for everyone else. Please make sure that if you’re a model looking to work with a photographer you’re not familiar with, that you do your research, find others they have worked with and ask for references. Protect yourselves at all costs!
Another issue reared it’s ugly head of late, false accusations of libel, and harassment made against a few folks in the industry. Models, designers as well as ourselves were subject to vitriolic outbursts in public with no basis in fact, taking police involvement to calm things down. It’s absurd, but we have learned one thing from all this. If you’ve done nothing wrong, stand your ground, handle yourselves with grace and dignity and the truth will come out in the end. Unfortunately the unfounded bad mouthing of those involved cannot be undone, so be careful who you point the finger at without proof of your accusations, the damage you cause can be very detrimental to that person. Unless you hear something directly from the source, don’t repeat it.
This applies to certain models too, who’ve taken to slaughtering each other all over Facebook like children. Come on girls, all you’re really doing is ensuring no one wants to work with you. Word spreads all too fast in this business and you’re only harming yourselves. Act like the professionals you want to be 🙂
Finally, our last subject for today… Scam model agencies/’schools’ and the like. These days every girl seems to want to be a model, it’s all to easy to be swayed by false promises of fame and fortune. There are certain folk running these places at the moment, asking potential models to pay large sums of money to register with them. We can’t stress enough how much you should avoid these people. There are some great agencies out there who you can apply to, you don’t need a ‘modelling school’ who can only teach you what you already know or can learn from observing other models/shoots, talking to photographers or just researching.
So, with all that out of the way, we hope you’re all looking forward to spring and getting ready for some great new shoots!
TP out ❤