My first experience modeling was not all it was cracked up to be, thanks to a deviant photographer, Bill Schwanke. I was working with a company, Continental XO, who had decided a website was the best way to 'get my name out' and they used Bill Schwanke as the photographer. Now, I must admit that I should have done a little bit of a background check on Mr. Schwanke before trusting him to take pictures of me. The website was in no way aimed at perverts or their perverted fantasies... No offense perverts:)... Newayz, of course when a photographer photographs people, there is a 'Waiver' or 'Release' form. This is to ensure that no one takes the rights to his pictures, basically no one can claim that they took these pictures.in Mr. Schwanke's waiver/release, the last line states something close to, these pictures will not be used in a demeaning or pornographic context. So, with that, I signed. Little did I know, I signed away my body.
During the photo shoot, I was told to take 'practice shots' just for him to get a good focus. Pictures were taken without my knowledge while preparing for a pose. Such as, bending over to adjust my shoe, or if one of my breasts came out of my top while trying to achieve a pose while laying down, Mr. Schwanke made sure that a second didn't go by without a snap.
To make a long story short, the website was headed in a different direction when other girls were added that were willing to take off more. The website was cancelled. But oh, come to find out, this was not the end of it. Remember when I said he took pictures without my knowledge of them being taken? Mr. Bill Schwanke sold those pictures to 3 (that I know of) other pornographic websites and filed me under false names.
The way I found out about it was awful! I received an email from one of the websites.in the subject line was my middle name, it was eerie because no one calls me by my middle name except for my deceased aunt. I opened the email and this website, thickmodelspot.com, was telling me how much they loved the pictures and they wanted more for their site. They include a link to 'my profile'. I clicked on the link and there's a big ass picture of me that I had never seen. They also had a smaller picture of me holding my breasts with a flash of my left nipple, making it obvious that that was not the intention of the shot. The profile was under my middle name, different city, a different age (younger, I suppose making me more appealing to the perverts), and a provocative statement next to the profile, somthing along the lines of: "We can't wait to see more of that p*y, and she's so thick, stop drooling guys" I cried, cried, cried, and cried some more. I sent the website a simple email requesting that they remove these pictures, and that I had no idea that they had these. I received a very rude response, something along the lines of, "at least we aren't promoting you like some of the other sites with hard core porn". That's when the sent me link to the other sites, with girls posing nude, which I was not, on xxtremecurves.com and playbbw.com... Then of course, I cried again.
After doing alot of calling around, I got in touch will Bill Schwanke. He told me that he sold those pictures to the websites and that models have to be prepared for things like that. He also stated, I should stop being sensitive about my body and that by signing his waiver he's entitled to do whatever the hell he wants to. When I first met Bill Schwanke, he came off as a very nice guy who had a unique interest in the beauty of fashion photography.
At this point I feel like a piece of property that was sold off. No one had told me anything, people are able to see me without my consent, and they're making money off of it. I don't want a dime from it, because those were not my intentions of taking the pictures in the first place. I just want my pictures off of these sites as soon as possible and I want people, especially young women, to know about Bill Schwanke and other photographers that are looking to make a quick buck off of someone else's body.
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