If figurative art interests you and you’re wondering about modelling in it yourself with the right photographer, please talk to me about it!
I have worked with over 100 models, some of them multiple times over many years
Models are almost always keen to work with me repeatedly, and I receive much positive feedback from them. I am especially proud of the blog post by long-time model and writer Katja Gee, part of which is below. (full post here)
My photoshoots are two-way interactions and collaborations between a model and myself. I work hard to make the best use of models’ creative energies, and maintain their physical and emotional comfort.
I also pay well, at a rate we will agree to, usually for 3-8 hours.
If you work with me I will ask you to sign a standard model release, which confirms that I have copyright of the images we make, and I will also ask to take a picture of your legal ID, so I have proof of your age
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© B.J. Connor, 2018
As I mentioned in my last essay, I’ve been moving steadily from modeling full-time and writing part-time to the reverse. Or as I put it in a more click bait-y way: “I’m no longer (just) a model.”
Earlier this summer, I was on a shoot with a new photographer. Or rather, I should say “new to me:” we had never worked together previously, but he came highly recommended from several of my fellow models and friends. We had an incredible shoot. It was fun: creative, rewarding and artistically challenging. And it made me realize that, if all my shoots were like this one, I’d probably still be modeling full-time.
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I came out of that shoot beaming. I had an amazing time working with a fellow creative in an art form that I love. I spent a whole day hiking around, climbing naked on rocks and trees, and sprawling precariously on abandoned cars and architecture. By the end of it I was covered in rust and dirt, exhausted, and by a miracle of some sort not sunburned. I was in heaven.
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