“There's something I call telegenekicity, and it's not about just models. Of course, I can reference Iman, Tatiana Patitz, Kelly Emberg, Bonnie Berman - I go all the way back - but I think that you develop an eye to register iconic images - like Greta Garbo and Elizabeth Taylor.” ThinkingWayI CanEyeCoursesModelsRegisterIconicImanGarbo Author:Michael Flutie
“You have to look for a unique quality in that person and it's not just always physical. I don't think models are great models because of their face or their body. Obviously, I think their physical characteristics are important, but I think it's very much about your personality and inner beauty and really understanding how to be a great model instinctively. And that's where it all comes from.” ThinkingLooksPersonsImportantBodyFacesUnderstandingQualityPersonalityUniqueModelsCharacteristicsInner Beauty Author:Michael Flutie
“If you look at the greatest models, it was because they were muses to photographers. They collaborated with the artist and they created the kind of images that become iconic.” IfsLooksKindArtistModelsPhotographerMuseIconic Author:Michael Flutie
“A girl's career today doesn't have the same kind of life span, whereas it used to be a collaboration and a partnership and it continued. Peter Lindbergh still uses girls - like, look at Amber Valetta - so there are some photographers that have relationships long-term with models. I also think that the industry can't support the amount of models that exist right now and therefore the relationships between photographers and models and even the clients is short lived.” ThinkingLooksKindLongStillsUseTodayUsedGirlTermCareersSupportIndustryAmountRight NowModelsPhotographerUsed To BeLong TermCollaborationPeterPartnershipClientsAmberShort LivedLife Span Author:Michael Flutie
“America has always been the most fertile ground for models - and they were always exported to other countries. When Eastern Europe opened up its doors to the rest of the world, a lot of the girls that were basically working there for $1 a month realized that if they were beautiful and that they could go to Paris and work for $1,000 a day versus the $10,000 that the other girls were demanding. So it created a huge imbalance in the financial structure of how clients could budget out campaigns. The market became flooded.” IfsWorldCountryAmericaBeautifulGirlDoorsHugeMonthsModelsEuropeStructureFinancialCampaignsBudgetsParisOther CountriesClientsVersusEasternFertileImbalanceOther GirlEastern EuropeFertile Ground Author:Michael Flutie
“When you look at Steven Meisel's pictures and you see girls rolling around in mud or cars are blowing up? It takes a tremendous amount of courage to be able to do that. I think you have to be malleable, and that's what makes a truly great model. It's not the perfect lip or the perfect face, it's your own ability to take on a character and that's, I think, something there's a misconception about.” ThinkingLooksCharacterAbleFacesGirlAbilityPerfectCarAmountModelsLipsRollingMudMisconceptionBlowing UpPerfect FaceSteven Meisel Author:Michael Flutie
“A lot of people don't make the correlation between acting and modeling, they think of them as two separate things. But I really believe that a model is an actress.” PeopleThinkingBelieveTwoActingModelsActressesModelingCorrelation Author:Michael Flutie
