Next shoot

“Why make life harder for yourself?” Claire asked him as she was setting up the lighting for the next shoot. Indeed with a model like her, he could sit back, relax, enjoy her presence, her style, her very beautiful being, body, spirit, smile and all. He held his camera, the tool of his trade. This shoot would be part of their new book, the new, very expensive work. She would co-author this, with a splendid portrait, hers, on the cover.

A market

“There is a market,” she continues, now sitting next to him,”and we are milking it, for all it’s worth. Really, you just have to shoot, I chose the poses, and you write your very clever comments, you know, the sort that makes all readers in the right mood!” We laughed. Indeed the formula worked, every time.

I wonder

“I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.”
― Mae West

“The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.”
― Karl Lagerfeld

“We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“The mantle of glamour has been taken from the women and given to the men. The women toil in their shadows, plain and ordinary-looking. So that transition has left a void. It is a void for drop-dead, impossible, over-the-top glamour. Supermodels fill that void. The only thing they have to do is work the runway, sweetie, and refuse to get out of bed for less than ten thousand dollars.”
― RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography

“The expectation that models should change in front of people is also a way for the client to exert power. It’s both a test and a reminder of your position: everyone else is doing their job; now it’s time for you to do yours. The stylist, their assistant, the client or editor, the other models, and sometimes the photographer will stand right in front of you and wait as you strip. You understand that your body is a means for them to accomplish what they’re here to accomplish: to make an image to sell whatever it is they’re selling. They’re in charge of it now, not you. (K-Spa)”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

Inspired by Fandango’s Story Starter of January 23rd

Picture: Nude woman bodyscape 43 is a photography by Johan Swanepoe

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