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Nigeria becomes first country to ban foreign models in advertisements
Aug 28, 2022
Alex Baker
Nigeria’s advertising regulator has announced a ban on using foreign talent in television advertisements. The first-of-its-kind move means that foreign models and voice-over artists will…
Photographer who charges more for plus-sized models sues for defamation
May 5, 2022
Alex Baker
The Brooklyn photographer who was accused on social media of being “fat-phobic” has sued for defamation. In March, William Lords was publicly called out for…
Create this amazing colourful effect entirely in camera using just 3 lights and gels
Apr 12, 2022
Alex Baker
How do you make white light? No, that isn’t a trick question. Most of us are fairly familiar with using different colour temperatures and…
Photographer under fire for telling a model to starve and lose weight for next shoot
Sep 13, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Even as an anonymous, regular girl, I can tell you that “beauty standards” are a tiring thing, wrecking women’s mental health since… I don’t know,…
Turn your male model from Forrest Gump to Jason Statham with these ten posing tips
Jul 23, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are plenty of tips out there for posing women who aren’t models. However, tips for posing male non-models are still not that common, so…
These are the safety tips that every model and photographer should know
Jun 6, 2021
Renee Robyn
This is an opinion piece and considering I am not a lawyer or work in law enforcement, this is all just advice from experience. Always check…
At least a dozen arrested in nude balcony photoshoot in Dubai (NSFW)
Apr 6, 2021
John Aldred
BBC News reports that 11 models from Ukraine – with some outlets reporting 40 models in total – have been arrested along with Russian photographer,…
Photographers, please don’t treat your models like they do in America’s Next Top Model
Nov 11, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Over the past few days, I got hooked on Jessica Kobeissi‘s reaction videos, where she comments on America’s Next Top Model. I’ve never watched the show…
Elle Germany publicly apologizes after insinuating that black models are “a trend”
Nov 7, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Elle Germany has recently come under fire after publishing a “racially insensitive” issue. The November 2019 issue contains a tagline reading “black is back” along…
Photographer sentenced to 25 years in prison for drugging, raping, and sexually assaulting teen models
Nov 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Carlsbad photographer Robert Koester has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual misconduct. He was accused of sexually assaulting and raping teen models…