Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Silly Fool
Long story short.. or short story long.
I have been attempting my hand at male fashion erotica.
A week before I left for Paris some male model from Italy contacts me through FB, Say's he's coming to my area, Fine, I set up a shoot. I only accept his friendship because he is friends with another model I somewhat know through other people I have worked with, and he was supposed to work with her as well.
He barely speaks English, and some of the conversation could be taken out of context, he want's to make " Sexy shoots with a black model or tattooed girl, I offer to shoot him or shoot him and a model if he finds one.
I tell him this is Strictly Business, I don't like to leave room for assumptions.
The day before I am supposed to meet him, I bump into him outside of a museum, that i am researching for a Dr Sketchy's class ( life drawing class ) that i am modeling in that Friday. I tell him to meet me at the museum at 6 the next day. I meet him, I shoot him outside in the public, the raciest images are him topless in a fountain. I give him a ride about 5 blocks to his place of lodging. and I drive home immediately.
I also have told him in our chat during the shoot that I have a boyfriend, I also spoke with my now Fiance twice while actually shooting him, camera in one hand phone in the other, during the shoot.
2 days later on Friday night, Ant gets an email on FB from some alias fake person who does not have a real profile on FB, that tells him that he is friends with the Italian model i just shot, and that he shoulld be alerted.
" Tanya Alert"
She is fucking my friend, and has had crazy kinky sex with him, and is on Italian porn sites, and he saw a pic of me sucking his friends dick and that we are meeting up again the following Monday.
and that I am all sorts of whores.
They found Ant's profile through mine on FB, i don't hide who i am in a relationship with.
Ant asks for Pictures and links to said accusations.
the writer whom is "blowing the whistle" on me writes in perfect English and American slang.
The Model however writes like he can barely put English words together.
the Writer claims he doesn't want to get involved and claims the model's family is tied to the Mafia.
no other emails are written.
Ant flips out on me. I understand his anger and frustration, so
I let him read all my emails, and tell him that my digital camera has a time stamp on all the images,and i have a sealed tight alibi.
I even call the model on the speaker phone and tell him that whoever he told his where a bout's at and where he was staying, to that they are emailing Ant saying that we are consorting.
He of course is confused, or at least acts so.
after day's of talking to my family and friends about weather or not I am capable or trustworthy, he finally trust me.
Ant unbeknown to me, he has an engagement ring he plans on springing on me in a week, so his outrage is understandable.
Mind you i have been naked in front of a shit ton of photographers, and always remained faithful and professional. I'm not about to do something that would bring on bad karma, and I have no motive to try to have my cake and eat it too.
All of our friends think I should cut all ties, and not give him his images ( this was a trade shoot, not a paid shoot) I on the other hand am a little resistant, I worked my ass off for 2 hours in 90 degree weather to get those images.
and perhaps can sit on them for a few months, till this all subsides.
I De friend him and everyone who is tied to us on this godforsaken Facebook.
He starts to send me emails and text messages, demanding I not throw him a way, and that I produce his images. I tell him he is not getting anything until i get a list of people whom he told where he was staying.
the only people he tells me is the one model we have in common and another female photographer.
Later I get a message from the female model saying that she has nothing to do with the drama going on with him, However I did not tell her, so unless he told her or she knows first hand????
Later at another Sketch Class, I get another female who tells me that the Italian model has been talking to her, and asks her to get his images from me! WTF this is all very much a waste of time and drama.
Finally he sends Ant an email and say's he is a good guy, and that he might try to pursue legal avenues for his pictures. I am not worried, but I send him an email, telling him
"First of all, my fiancé does not want you emailing him nor does he have any control over any images I shoot, if you look back on my earlier messages, I told you that I was in vacation for 2 weeks in August, and I have client/ paid shoots, work that comes first, you will get the images of my choice by mid November, do not contact me or him, or anyone else I know about these shoots, or I will just delete them forever. Do you understand? I do not want to be harassed. "
I'm not sure who is trying to disrupt my lifestyle but I don't intend to change a damn thing.
I will continue to shoot male model subjects and everything else I fancy!
A note to whomever thought that going out of their way to disrupt my life.
My relationship is ever stronger, and my photography is going to be even more awesome now that you have inspired me to push even harder to defy you.
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4 comments:
TD, you have some abysmal luck on occasion. Here's hoping that is at an end.
Jesus Fucking Christ (pardon my language), but what a pain in the ass.
This deserves an unhappy face
:-(
Fucking A, The one time I am clothed and on the other end of the camera, I get accused! people need to get a life and stop hiding behind the guise of their computers. You got an axe to grind with me, come see me in person, and BRING IT!
Same reason I bring an assistant to my shoots.
Hope you're well.
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