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Is there a particular reason to why models go by a different name? Sep 30 06 03:22 pm Link are you specifically referring to models who have profiles on websites on the internet that are visible to the public? Sep 30 06 03:27 pm Link Narcissism at it's best. Who in Hollywood uses their real name? Sep 30 06 03:27 pm Link They are all Mafia Hitmen Sep 30 06 03:32 pm Link My name is JOHN BRIGHT of J&X Photography. My "alias" is Juan Enrique Rivas here on MM because I am hispanic, however John Bright doesn't sound very hispanic, so I'm using my name translated to spanish to maybe help me get more jobs. Rivas is my mother's maiden name, and in Peru I actually go by John Henry Bright Rivas, so it's not a totally contrived name, it actually is part of my name that I don't use here in the USA. I'm sure other people have other reasons. If you were born Getrude Fatasseatsalottacheese I'm sure you might change your name, too! Sep 30 06 03:32 pm Link I know a lot of photographers (Myself included) who use a name other than the one they were born with. For me it was a marketing decision. I know others who have done it for the same reason. It's easier to establish yourself as a brand with a simpler or less common name. Sep 30 06 03:33 pm Link Maxwell Digital Art wrote: ssssssssshhhhhhh.... I didn't want anyone to know what my dayjob really was!!! Sep 30 06 03:36 pm Link Tons of reasons. You'll have to ask them what their reasons are. I like to keep my personal information available on the Internet to a minimum. I'll share some personal information, including contact info, with people I know, but I won't do so with strangers. At a minimum, I like to minimize the spam & junk mail I receive (and I receive a lot); further, I just don't like making life easy for identity thieves. I know a few models who just don't want their family (particularly the older generations) to know that they model. (Remember -- I make fine art nude photographs.) They just don't want their grandmother or their boss to know that they pose nude. Sep 30 06 03:57 pm Link Rebecca G wrote: Tons of reasons but I think the top three are: protection against stalkers and potentional stalkers. Protection against employers, schools, and others who think because you're a model, there's something wrong with you. The ability to get out if you ever want to without having your name plastered all over the internet for the next five years. Sep 30 06 04:01 pm Link Sep 30 06 04:02 pm Link Simply because out there will be LOTS of people with the same name The only other option is for numbers after it or some such. Plus as an Alt model it kind of comes with the territory. Sep 30 06 04:51 pm Link Because you can't be a super hero without a secret identity. DUH! Sep 30 06 04:51 pm Link Ransom J wrote: Yes you can. Sep 30 06 04:53 pm Link I used to use an alias but then switched to my real name .I don't know if that was a bad idea or not but I don't think I will ever be ashamed of my modeling and my whole family knows I do it any way. But if I was a teacher or some thing I would probably use an alias cause I wouldn't want my students finding nude pics of me and bringing them to school or some thing!!! Sep 30 06 04:59 pm Link Hamanah hamanah hamanah wrote: LOL Being facetious, are we??? Sep 30 06 06:12 pm Link Shhhh.. What did you think superheroes looked like during their downtime? They can't all work for the freakin' Daily Bugle... Sep 30 06 06:16 pm Link I have so many fake names it is now enjoyable for me to use my real one ... in cases where i can be incriminated i still use a fake... which one i use depends an what i am doing... burlesque, is one name , bondage photography is another, so on and so on.... I am a performance artist so this has much to do with the creation of these characters...but i in no way ever confuse the characters i create with my own personal self. I have noticed some peoples egos being wraped up in their fake name ... this to me is kindof retarded. If some one cannot tell me their name and i have to go around calling them Draconia or something equally contrived , they have no chance of becoming a real friend or even a trusted working cohort. I will be damned if i am going to go running around calling someone mistress either. My new web site will portray all my fake names as different characters... not unlike Annie Sprinkle did...( whom by the way got hers from a headstone). My real name wil be credited in the bio as a creator of these characters. I also have alot to do with the photo shoots I have done as far as concept and direction...so in some instances,that is kind of a set for these characters i have created Sep 30 06 06:24 pm Link I have so many fake names it is now enjoyable for me to use my real one ... in cases where i can be incriminated i still use a fake... which one i use depends an what i am doing... burlesque, is one name , bondage photography is another, so on and so on.... I am a performance artist so this has much to do with the creation of these characters...but i in no way ever confuse the characters i create with my own personal self. I have noticed some peoples egos being wraped up in their fake name ... this to me is kindof retarded. If some one cannot tell me their name and i have to go around calling them Draconia or something equally contrived , they have no chance of becoming a real friend or even a trusted working cohort. I will be damned if i am going to go running around calling someone mistress either. My new web site will portray all my fake names as different characters... not unlike Annie Sprinkle did...( whom by the way got hers from a headstone). My real name wil be credited in the bio as a creator of these characters. I also have alot to do with the photo shoots I have done as far as concept and direction...so in some instances,that is kind of a set for these characters i have created Sep 30 06 06:24 pm Link Katherine Phoenix wrote: Phoenix is your real name... awesome. Sep 30 06 06:26 pm Link Maxwell Digital Art wrote: bang bang.....shoot em up!!! Sep 30 06 06:27 pm Link The Legacy is who I am. And the 7 is.... Sep 30 06 06:32 pm Link I was an invention of my then manager in 1995... my real name is nothing as fun and exciting  Sep 30 06 06:34 pm Link Personally I just use my full name in any site that I am on, but I can understand why people would use an alias. For example, if I decided to do primarily nudes (and not artistic ones at that), I wouldn't want my name to be associated with those. I am pretty well known in the weight loss community and want to be remembered for my weight loss, not the fact that I posed nude. Just an example of course - I DON'T use an alias. Also, should I ever return to the rehabilitation counseling field, I wouldn't want clients coming upon any questionable photos... Caroline -225 lbs @ goal Sep 30 06 06:37 pm Link Better question would be, why not to use one? Sep 30 06 06:38 pm Link See, I wish that I'd thought of using an alias. I have a fairly confusing name, and frankly I'm sick and tired of all the photographers I meet calling me Susan Ak-tug. It's pronounced SUZANNE OK-TU it's Turkish, IS IT THAT HARD!?!?!?!? Okay, mini rant over, but really, I wish that I did, and maybe I should. I never really thought about incriminating photos, and the fact that my name isn't very 'marketable' when I got into the industry. Is there a way to change your name on these things? Oct 01 06 03:18 pm Link See, I wish that I'd thought of using an alias. I have a fairly confusing name, and frankly I'm sick and tired of all the photographers I meet calling me Susan Ak-tug. It's pronounced SUZANNE OK-TU it's Turkish, IS IT THAT HARD!?!?!?!? Okay, mini rant over, but really, I wish that I did, and maybe I should. I never really thought about incriminating photos, and the fact that my name isn't very 'marketable' when I got into the industry. Is there a way to change your name on these things? Oct 01 06 03:18 pm Link I once met a model named "003." Oct 01 06 09:28 pm Link 
Photographer Posts: 468 Dumont d'Urville - permanent station of France, Sector claimed by France, Antarctica Rebecca G wrote: I can't speak for models in particular, but the world wide web can be very invasive and threatening to privacy. If you doubt it, Google your own name. Unless you've taken careful measures to conceal it, not only your name but phone numbers and addresses going back years are available for anyone to view. Oct 02 06 09:24 am Link Lady_Death wrote: I agree, Tonie was given to me by my first photographer who couldn't pronounce my name correctly! Eventhough I love my birth name, I just feel that Tonie just shines even more when it's Lights, Camera, and Smile! But then again....it IS fun having an alias because, NO ONE KNOWS YOUR NAME! LOL! Oct 02 06 12:06 pm Link Tons of reasons but I think the top three are: protection against stalkers and potentional stalkers. Protection against employers, schools, and others who think because you're a model, there's something wrong with you. The ability to get out if you ever want to without having your name plastered all over the internet for the next five years. Those are the reasons I hear most often from models. Paul Stalkers, yes, potential stalkers yes, employers, yes, schools, yes..... Oct 02 06 12:11 pm Link J n X Photography wrote: Haha...too funny Oct 02 06 05:14 pm Link Ransom J wrote: hahaha....well said Oct 02 06 05:19 pm Link Having an alias is convenient. My real name is Chess Rockwell. Occasoinally I model under the name Brock Landers. I selected the name Jay Bowman because it just screams "Pornstar!!" and instant credibility, y'know? Oct 02 06 05:26 pm Link When I used to model, I'd use a shorter version of my name, or use just abbreviations. I think Aliases work to ward off the wierdos because then you're not giving away too much personal info online. However, I think it's a bit much when the alias starts looking like a middle school yahoo e-mail username. Hotchick69, etc. (I don't know anyone by that specific name lol, just pulled it out of the air) EDIT: For those wondering what the 3rd Floor means, it's because we are actually a group organization for which I am the photographer, and we originally founded ourselves while roommates on the 3rd Floor of an apartment building. :-D Oct 02 06 05:34 pm Link I'm Batman. Oct 02 06 05:37 pm Link My security. My privacy. My real name is boring as phuck. Nemi Oct 02 06 06:56 pm Link same as above security privacy and my real name is too common...who is going to remember me? Oct 02 06 06:58 pm Link pure marketing reasons... My legal name is very close to a pop star and no one would ever find me if they tried to look me up by that name. So I looked at several lists of names and did some reserch and picked one I liked that was easy to remember, easy to say, easy to spell, and I bought the domain up and the rest is history... Oct 02 06 07:03 pm Link O' Raghailligh is the original gaelic version of my anglicised surname, proud of my culture, so that explains that Oct 02 06 07:05 pm Link Most of the models I work with have stage names. It just makes sense to use a stage name in your "public" persona so that you can have a private life as well. There are some models I've worked with that don't use a stage name (and one that is legally changing her name to her stage name...) but they are by far an exception... Oct 02 06 07:13 pm Link |
