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How do you get into the Goth/Alternative modeling industry? Sorry if this sounds dumb but I was just curiuos. May 23 06 11:15 pm Link OP changed the question, my answer now makes no sense. Thanks. May 23 06 11:19 pm Link Chris Ambler wrote: No, I have not. Lol. Now I feel dumb. Sorry. May 23 06 11:22 pm Link pixiedust0330 wrote: OP edited post and changed original question - my answer now makes no sense. Please ignore it. May 23 06 11:23 pm Link Whatever you're interested in, be it goth, fashion, bikini, etc., it's probably best to just focus on that one style. If you really want to go goth but you have lots of general fashion or glamour, you will find that people expect you to go in that direction, rather than the direction that you are interested. And it's really hard to change gears once you get into it... So, the best thing you can do is find good photographers who shoot the exact style you want and approach them. Anyways, hope this helps... Antonio May 23 06 11:27 pm Link Check out wickedtalent.com They should have more info. May 23 06 11:29 pm Link Hang around a Hot Topic. Nine Inch Nails is coming through on tour, pass out some flyers. Seriously, its not a bad idea May 23 06 11:47 pm Link On a related note, how do you get goth models to want to shoot with you? I've tried to make the bear look as edgy as possible, but he's just not cutting it..  May 24 06 12:22 am Link WG Rowland wrote: Maybe give him a little mohawk and a cigarette...lol May 24 06 12:25 am Link i did a gothic photo shoot the other day it was fun!! the pic are on MM... May 24 06 12:27 am Link First, invent a market for it... I exaggerate, but only slightly. May 24 06 12:40 am Link Make sure you are short, get some tattoos pierce your nipples do nude work leather is your friend Vinyl is your god May 24 06 12:47 am Link Make sure you are short, Heheh. May 24 06 01:02 am Link Star wrote: Wow, I even cut off my balls. May 24 06 01:04 am Link theda wrote: That's what they said about kibbles and bits. May 24 06 01:05 am Link pixiedust0330 wrote: *makes beckoning finger motion* May 24 06 02:16 am Link theda wrote: That its size and credibility does not tingle your berries poses no bearing on its reality. Trigger finger a bit happy today? Usually you're a bit more cautious in waiting for the "looking to make money doing this" comment concerning this niche before firing a warning shot. May 24 06 02:18 am Link Star wrote: No leather! I'm a vegan goth. :0). May 24 06 02:24 am Link Nihilus wrote: Like a brick wall... May 24 06 02:24 am Link theda wrote: Now, now.. Brick walls and grey matter make for interesting "artistic expression" when the two meet at sufficient velocity.. May 24 06 02:27 am Link WG Rowland wrote: I have better things to do with my grey matter. May 24 06 02:30 am Link Star wrote: I am doing this all wrong then........ May 24 06 02:32 am Link theda wrote: And monochrome suits you so well... May 24 06 02:35 am Link Star wrote: Crap, only two out of 6. no wonder I'm a failure. May 24 06 04:08 pm Link Come to NY, the black clothing capital of the US. May 25 06 06:00 am Link The stereotyping in this thread tongue in cheek or no makes my head hurt. May 25 06 06:06 am Link As for demand, I'm always looking for Goth models! Granted I haven't been looking for that long... May 25 06 04:31 pm Link Merlinpix wrote: Oh My Goth! May 25 06 04:38 pm Link Merlinpix wrote: Oh My Goth! May 25 06 04:41 pm Link WG Rowland wrote: That bear is SINISTER!!! LOL May 25 06 04:41 pm Link Sirensong wrote: piercing in tongue in piercing in cheek?? May 26 06 01:49 am Link lol this thread is a riot - that poor model May 26 06 01:59 am Link Star wrote: you forgot latex May 26 06 02:03 am Link It's difficult to try to be a goth/fetish model.. Be popular AND make money. I personally think it's one of the hardest to get into and stay. Or pin up....::shkes fist:: freakin masumi max....I envy! May 26 06 03:33 pm Link Pixie: It's important to know if you want to be goth or fetish. Most people can't tell the difference, but in general if you get tied up or wear latex its fetish not Goth. I've shot a number of goth models - I'm shooting a goth fashion show tomorrow night - and making money doing goth is hard. If you aren't in it to make money but to create art there are a couple of ways I see. Find a goth clothing designer and volunteer to model thier clothes. You'll need a good portfolio. This can get you into Gothic Beauty. Find gothic photographers - that's a crappy name, but I shoot goth a lot and am not goth. These are people who like to shoot images with a "paint it black" twist. Offer to model for them. If you do want latex and ropes, that's a question someone else will have to answer for you Ron May 26 06 04:10 pm Link Well, you could go to the goth group shoot in Ohio on June 10th. Speaking of tongue-in-cheek, read the Voltaire book about goth first, so you can be absolutely certain you've got your stereotypes straight. Seriously though, goth really has become a series of stereotypes (this from someone who perhaps missed the sack of Rome, but not by much, I still have my original tee-shirt from the March 1981 Bauhaus show). I struggle a bit with the concept of buying pre-packaged revolution off the shelf at Hot Topic, which is after all a big corporation. Still, there's not necessarily anything wrong with stereotypes as long as you're conscious of them, it's possible to turn it into a dark circle turned back on itself and play on a pastiche of the stereotype. But if anyone wants to delve deeper into the long history of the gothic imagination (no kiddies, goth was not invented in 1990... that's just when the marketing guys got their hands on it), try to track down a copy of the Richard Davenport-Hines book "Gothic: Fout Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, and Ruin" from North Point Press, which covers everything from architecture to film to literature. There I go, trying to get people to think again. May 26 06 04:27 pm Link Merlinpix wrote: Just because people wear black clothing there doesn't mean it's Goth! The Goth capital of the US is Oregon! They play VNV Nation in minimarts. True. May 26 06 04:30 pm Link Would someone please define "Goth" modeling. May 26 06 04:34 pm Link area291 wrote: No. May 26 06 04:40 pm Link Goth LOL what's that??? May 26 06 11:56 pm Link |
