I was just doing a little egosurfing with a cool new search engine, Kartoo.com when I came across a site which copied a remarkable amount of my website design, down to the shadows around my pictures and the font (Century Gothic) in my nav bar. I’ve been copied before, but this time it really seems just a case of sincere flattery. Oh, and although Amazon *still* haven’t fixed the counter, the Tish fund is up to $300.
Ever the shameless self-promoter, I’m being interviewed by KRON TV news (San Francisco, Channel 4) at my show on Valencia Street this afternoon. (The segment airs next month.) They’re doing a piece on eModel.com, now renamed Options Talent Group. They charge would-be models $500 apeice for a questionable service and are widely seen as running a less than honest operation (click “cached”). As I’ve written before, the owner of the company has been jailed *twice* for fraud, but despite plenty of enraged victims they still advertise on Monster.com with impunity. If you’re considering modeling as a career, go to reputable modeling agency (Elite, Ford, Look, Stars etc) and ask to come to one of their open calls. They won’t charge you - they can’t by law - and you’ll get an honest assessment on whether you have the look they want. Real agencies get their income as a commission of the work they send you out on, not up front fees.
On a lighter note, here’s Courtney.
Next Thursday (April 25th) you’re all invited to the opening of my a 20-piece retrospective show at Friends Cafe, 207 Valencia at 14th Street in San Francisco. The opening runs from 6pm to 8pm, then on to a sort of post party at Zeitgeist, half a block away. Busy, busy, busy. Two more galleries today, a very cute wedding shot on New Year’s Eve and a shoot with Rebecca.
I’ve shot a ton of stuff with my lovely Contax 645, but since I don’t have a medium format film scanner, I haven’t scanned any of it until now. The quality’s not great, I used a flatbed, but I think the pictures are decent. I’ll probably post more in the next few weeks, time permitting. This rather fetching model, Marina, interned for me last summer.
I’ve just hung a 20-piece retrospective show at Friends Cafe, 207 Valencia at 14th Street in San Francisco. It’ll probably be up until the end of May; I haven’t decided whether to have an opening party/reception or not yet. Stay tuned. If you’ve only seen my pictures on the web, now’s your chance to see them in all their glory. You might even decide to buy one - stranger things have happened. Also, this Sunday (April 7th) I’ll be showing my Burning Man imagery - hips included - at Flambe Lounge on a forty foot screen. And speaking of hips, they’re going to be shown as a slideshow in two Financial District lobbies and an elevator in a couple of weeks. Yes, an elevator. Details to follow.
