theBlueRider
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Mariann, yes by Frida I mean Frida G.
And yes, I think it's good for models to try and improve their poses and expressions throughout their career.
I grew up with the 90s supers and the 00' supers. Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn were still alive. So yes, I guess you could say that I've followed models, fashion and photography very closely. Many of the top models today perform poorly compared to previous eras of top models. Less muses, less inspired, less creative girls.
This is definitely something people in the industry notice. It's also something that artists/people who study art would notice. You may see things on the internet of people saying so and so isn't pretty so they shouldn't be a model and "Frida is so pretty. She's the best model." Well, modeling isn't about being pretty. It's about creating a great picture. A picture is worth a thousand words and those thousands of words is what sells. It's not the model's prettiness and there were actually studies with focus groups that prove this. The average person can tell if a model has a blank expression versus an inspired expression but it's subconscious. You're able to tell when you're talking to someone who is not interested in you versus someone who is, right?
I think the ability to have a huge range of posing, emotion, movement, expression goes a long way in a model's career. Those are the girls who become legendary, iconic...photographers' favorites (Kate Moss, Sasha, Lara). If a model can't transform and draw a new character, a new woman, people get sick of her (and maybe that is why there is such a high turnover rate today).
I'd say modeling is like any other form of art and expression. Think of Picasso, you can give him any medium and he did something interesting and new with it. If you look at his span of work, it's all different and always changing. It's the same with modeling and acting!
And yes, I think it's good for models to try and improve their poses and expressions throughout their career.
I grew up with the 90s supers and the 00' supers. Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn were still alive. So yes, I guess you could say that I've followed models, fashion and photography very closely. Many of the top models today perform poorly compared to previous eras of top models. Less muses, less inspired, less creative girls.
This is definitely something people in the industry notice. It's also something that artists/people who study art would notice. You may see things on the internet of people saying so and so isn't pretty so they shouldn't be a model and "Frida is so pretty. She's the best model." Well, modeling isn't about being pretty. It's about creating a great picture. A picture is worth a thousand words and those thousands of words is what sells. It's not the model's prettiness and there were actually studies with focus groups that prove this. The average person can tell if a model has a blank expression versus an inspired expression but it's subconscious. You're able to tell when you're talking to someone who is not interested in you versus someone who is, right?
I think the ability to have a huge range of posing, emotion, movement, expression goes a long way in a model's career. Those are the girls who become legendary, iconic...photographers' favorites (Kate Moss, Sasha, Lara). If a model can't transform and draw a new character, a new woman, people get sick of her (and maybe that is why there is such a high turnover rate today).
I'd say modeling is like any other form of art and expression. Think of Picasso, you can give him any medium and he did something interesting and new with it. If you look at his span of work, it's all different and always changing. It's the same with modeling and acting!
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yes i will call you biased.
