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Response to I want to spend the next year of my life emulating this guy's work. Does that make me lame?

from John Kantor (jkantor@mindspring.com)
> Now in NYC, where I live and shoot, what you say is clearly untrue. If an agency wants a model to shoot for someone, they will, even if there's no pay at all and if they don't think a photographer's skills are worthy of the agency's models, no amount of money will change that.

You obviously can't be some hack, but there are few models in the world who can afford to be so choosy.

> But is it true where you are?

Yes. Convince the agency that you're serious and aren't just looking for an opportunity to hit on the model and you can shoot anyone you want. (In our society, money is the greatest equalizer of class.)

> Because if it's true that shooting the right models will build a person's career and all it takes to shoot the right models is money, this might be the right way to go.

Shooting the right models (with the right makeup artists) only builds a portfolio. But without that, how are you ever going to get someone to give you a chance at a decent assignment? That's how assitants build their books.

> Is this something we should be looking into?

As opposed to wasting time making the same "girlfiend" shots, obviously.

(posted 8427 days ago)

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