StMarc wrote:
- you generally call an agency. That's what I'd do if I needed them for a serious commercial shoot. The main reason being, agency models *show up,* they show up *when and where they're supposed to,* and if they don't, I call the agency and yell at them and they get me a new one, posthaste. So the fact that Chicago is bigtime commercial, and doesn't really seem to have a lot of avant-garde, experimental, or alternative photography for a city of its size, actually works against amateur and/or non-agency models.

M

Thats also the case in Austin and Milan.
Its really that way round the world.
No legit photographer would trust Mega $ accounts
on anything that will not bend over backwards.
So MM is good for intro's and etc.
Models take note.

EL

Letitia wrote:
Ok, just a quick question on the subject of nude modeling. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that in the casting section most of all Illinois casting are for "Nude Models" why is that? To my understanding  Illinois is suppose to be a commericial market not a nude one. All of the other cities and states listed have a variety of modeling opps, such as runway, print, promotion, etc. Why is Illinois so limited?

Supply and demand.