A model-friend recently told me about a workshop she attended, that was fine art nude based, where she was singled out for being a “porn” model. This prompted me to feel both angry and humorous. Why humor? The feeling of humor is quite simple. When I first started modeling, I didn’t start off shooting all fetish and glamour content. Fetish content was slowly introduced into my modeling content diet. I have been shooting fine art since I started modeling of almost eleven years ago. What I have seen and experienced in that particular genre may be surprising to most people. While I was creating beautiful pieces of art, there were also times where I as degraded instead of being idolized. The world of fine art modeling is mixed with posing for great artists in lavish studios and beginner “artists” in shitty motel rooms or their homes. To me, it is more degrading as a woman to pose for a guy on his couch than it is to make fetish and glamour videos on a professional set.
The idea that fetish and/or glamour modeling is porn, degrading, and sleazy is such a closed-minded perception of that industry. These opinions are often shared by modeling industry people who have never shot that content. I can tell you now that the glamour and fetish production sets are far more respectable and professional than any of these art sets fine art models will experience. The women who shoot fetish and glamour “porn” content have a back-bone and are respected for their talent, drive, and personality rather than their tits and ass like most art models. Any girl can walk in off the street into a studio and be hidden in the “respectable” shadows; yet it takes beauty, talent, and charisma to shoot fetish and glamour content. In the fetish and glamour industry women run the show and it is all about what they bring to the camera and their creativity in dialogue, and in contrast, fine art it’s about the body parts that are accentuated and objectified by the photographer. This objectification seems to be acceptable by so many fine art models and played-up to get more work through overtly sexual and flirty behavior.
Some of the more loose women and slutty photographers I have encountered have been in the fine art industry. I am 100-percent serious about this perception. Fine art models are more likely to be turned-on by the talented artist and the artists more attracted to their “muse” than in any other modeling content area. There’s a god-complex illusion that fuels this behavior within the two individuals. Both parties are often convinced that they have an artistic spiritual connection, they fuck, and then reality sets-in and they move on to the next. The stories I have heard about art models have appalled and disgusted me. Getting back rubs after photo shoots, drinking all night alone with the photographer, running around nude while staying with the photographer, having photographers fondle them between sets, and sleeping in the photographers more comfortable bed because they want to be re-hired. Sex typically doesn’t happen, but it’s well-known that art models are more likely to put-out than fetish or glamour models.
At this point you must be wondering two things: Why are some art models such sluts and how is it that I became the expert of this slutty behavior? The answer is quite simple, I was a little slut as an art model haha. I was deep in the art community for a long time, dated art photographers, was good friends with art-only models, and became privy to some private information. While the fetish and glamour industry is saturated with self-assured and confident models, the fine art industry is the exact opposite. Art models have some of the worst confidence in the modeling industry. They are stuck between being too short for fashion and not sexy enough for glamour modeling. They typically do not have the characteristics found with traditional models and are often boy-shaped with no breasts. This skinny boy shape is crushing to an ego. Thus, skinny and frail models lacking womanly assets must express their sexuality in more self-destructive ways in order to build their confidence. They thrive on being idolized and told how pretty they are. Art models hate and despise fetish and glamour models for one very reason: They are jealous that they don’t have the self-love, respect, and confidence found with fetish and glamour “porn” models. Art models are not the only ones envious. Art photographers have envy too.
Some of the professional art photographers I have worked with have been the more degrading to me than fetish producers. Like I said before, they objectify women for their body parts and capture that in their camera. Don’t get me wrong, I could care less if I am objectified and will happily still shoot fine art images. What I can’t stand is the opinions art photographers have on fetish producers. Art photographers will refer to professional fetish producer’s work as being lazy hack-jobs because it’s often shot with video-appropriate lighting. Why such animosity towards fetish? It became apparent to me after speaking to some art photographer friends that the animosity isn’t from poor lighting or lazy shooting. This disdain is from the large amount of money fetish producer’s make and the willingness of their models to act out their fantasies. Most art photographers hide behind the "art mask" and will push their sexual deviant side on models once they become closer friends or feeding them alcohol. To me, fetish producers are more upfront about their intentions than art photographers who have not yet come to terms publicly with their fetishes.
Art photographers and models make next to no money off of their “art” and most will never publish a book or go beyond creating pretty pictures. Some will get some art publications and maybe a check for a couple hundred dollars, but none will come close to the 5-30K monthly income generated by some of the more well-known fetish and glamour producers and models. I would be pissed off too if I could hardly make my rent even after touring the country and being degrading by men. I am sure there’s much disdain towards me from some the art modeling community.
While I think it’s endearing that the idea that I have gotten fat and mostly “shooting porn” these days is, I am sure, discussed, I could not be happier. I am in control of my content and I make money off of me for my ideas and stories. The models I shoot with are fun and it’s like a slumber party at every shoot. The idea of sisterhood is embraced and unlike art models, it isn’t as cut-throat for shoots or back-stabbing. For illustration purposes, I will supply some photographic evidence.
During this art shoot, the photographer, while shooting, asked me, “So you call your pussy a cookie, what do you call a hard throbbing cock?”
During this particular art shoot, the photographer was telling he how fat and out of shape I was. After beating me down for a good solid hour said to me, “So you want to go get some dinner, catch a movie, and hang out and get drunk after this?”
