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Sarah M

Posts: 25

San Francisco, California, US

Must you have a Model agency to represent you?
I would like to be represented by a dozen agencies if not two or three..

Jul 04 06 02:29 am Link

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Emeritus

Posts: 22000

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

I've now read that six times and still don't understand what is intended.

Jul 04 06 07:56 am Link

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udor

Posts: 25255

New York, New York, US

TXPhotog wrote:
I've now read that six times and still don't understand what is intended.

I refrain from making any of my wise ass comments, in this case about math and counting and spelling and making sense... takin' the high road and not commenting at all... wink

Happy Fourth, Roger!

Jul 04 06 08:02 am Link

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Emeritus

Posts: 22000

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Happy Fourth to you too, Udo.  Thanks for your forebearance smile

Jul 04 06 08:12 am Link

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Treagen

Posts: 275

Detroit, Michigan, US

if your good enough to make it into a real agency, you'll only be able to be repped by one. can't be double boked, or double casted, or casted by 2 agencies for the same job.

Jul 04 06 09:02 am Link

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udor

Posts: 25255

New York, New York, US

Treagen Kier wrote:
if your good enough to make it into a real agency, you'll only be able to be repped by one. can't be double boked, or double casted, or casted by 2 agencies for the same job.

Sorry, not true.

Only if you get an exclusive contract and that's a double edged sword!

There are enough models who are repped by several agencies.

Jul 04 06 09:12 am Link

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StratMan

Posts: 684

Detroit, Michigan, US

You can be signed by several agencies, most are non-exclusive agreements. However if they want you to be exclusive, then they have to justify that by the roster of big clients they have, and how much work they can actually get you.

It's best to have large agency representation, if you can get it. good luck!

Strat

Jul 04 06 09:14 am Link

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Emeritus

Posts: 22000

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Treagen Kier wrote:
can't be double boked, or double casted, or casted by 2 agencies for the same job.

Assuming "boked" means "booked", that's true, although the client isn't in a lot of danger of booking the same model twice through different agencies.  Even if they were to try to, the model would be able to tell and fix it.

Models get sent to castings by more than one agency all the time.  There are procedures in place (by casting directors and agencies) on how to deal with it.

Jul 04 06 10:31 am Link