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Can Modeling Hurt Your Career 2
Ok let me rephrase Part 2. If you have done some scandalous nude or fetish/erotic modeling/acting work..will it hurt your career? or becomes a collector's item.. Jul 04 06 08:38 pm Link You mean a REAL career, or a modeling career? I'd say if you have a real career that requires you to be a true blue professional and work with the public,then yes it could hurt you majorly. Jul 04 06 08:40 pm Link It depends on the career and the part of the world. I think if you are planning to teach elementary school in the midwest US, that is one thing. If you are planning to be a doctor in NYC, that is another. I would think that if it is a fine art nude then in 88% of the "cases" it would not be harmful. I sent you a PM.. Jul 04 06 08:41 pm Link Like they said above, it depends on your career. I'm in the military, so I have to be very careful about what jobs/shoots I do. That means no erotic/porn/fetish modeling and any nude (or implied) has to be carefully screened. (My rule is, if I think my command would have an issue with it, then it's best not to push it since I love my job) But all the photographers I've worked with have been amazingly understanding because they know why I have certain filters. Since I'm a "plus model", I end up more on the commercial end anyway, so it's not a big deal. But you basically have to figure out what your priorities are and go from there. If you want to be a professional fetish model, then go for it. If you want to be Miss America, maybe not.  Though I did note that you used "scandalous" to describe the pics. You can definitely shoot nude without it being scandalous or career-hurting. You just have to be selective. Jul 05 06 01:20 am Link It CAN hurt, but it's not LIKELY. If you do pics that a future employer might consider "innapropriate" it would require both the pics turning up & you being in a job (like teaching or government employ) where they could be construed as harmful to the position. Even then in many cases past "indiscretions" versus current behavior can be a major factor unless you lie when signing some sort of contract that says you've never done such things. But realistically, the chances of pics of you turning up & hurting you is VERY small. It's an boogeyman, like the nigh-fictional "My head might be pasted in to a porn ad" fears. Anything bad MIGHT happen but risks are pretty low & you'd lead an awfully limited life if you only based it on them. Jul 05 06 02:54 pm Link I actually had this same concern since I'm off to law school in the fall and obviously have no problem doing artistic nude/implied nude work. I was told by a very professional photographer that my work would not hurt or hinder my future career. Jul 05 06 02:58 pm Link I'd imagine if you somehow became a famous actress it could hurt you. Look at cases where Cameron Diaz had to sue people to keep from getting her topless photos released. Jul 05 06 03:12 pm Link SuzLyons wrote: I have done nudes in the past..just wanting to read the opinions of others.. Jul 05 06 08:44 pm Link porn... yeah, that might hurt you. depending on what your goals in life are. hard core fetish.. maybe artistic nudes... no, that won't hurt you. heck, i worked for a presidential campaign and they all knew what i did. fashion... no commercial... no cameron diaz just didn't want them out there. it wasn't because it would have hurt her career. last time i checked it was legal for women to model. Jul 05 06 09:28 pm Link Can nudes/fetish/etc effect your career? Yes, but it all depends on what kind of career you have. I actually know of a model who recently had to give up doing burlesque because her "Software Industry" job was frowning on it, and some of the modeling she was doing. And it's for this very reason (amongst others) that I've never pursued doing nudes. Jul 06 06 12:47 am Link 3rd Floor Photography wrote: It's not clear to me how it might hurt Diaz... She just didn't want them out. Matter of personal preference and controlling her image I think. I can't imagine people deciding they wouldn't see a movie she was in or wouldn't hire her because of it. Fifty years ago, different story. Jul 06 06 08:43 am Link Shouldn't it be enough of an example though that Cameron Diaz wasn't happy with her nudes getting it out? Jul 06 06 08:47 am Link I guess if you're secretary to a mormon church...are you? Jul 06 06 09:12 am Link 3rd Floor Photography wrote: Why? She made a personal choice, not a career choice. Lots and lots of actresses have done nudes, including several Academy Award winners. Somehow it doesn't seem to hurt their careers. Jul 06 06 09:44 am Link 3rd Floor Photography wrote: Except a previous set of topless photos had turned up online before the set that generated all the publicity, and during the trial not only did some of the stills turn up online, but so did multiple copies of the VIDEO. Jul 06 06 10:24 am Link 3rd Floor Photography wrote: I think it's more of an example that she's such a horrendous bitch that she took a perfectly legit offer from the photographer & she ruined his life over it. Jul 06 06 10:28 am Link SLE Photography wrote: Actually I saw a story about her where they mentioned that she is horribly rude to people who ask for her autograph. She has been known to insult & ridicule them. Gee, that makes a great impression doesn't it? Jul 06 06 09:49 pm Link |
