'Your Fatphobia Is Showing': Photographer Sparks Outrage After Charging $100 Extra To Shoot Plus-size Models
A photographer has sparked outrage after charging $100 (Rs 7,600) more than his 'standard' pricing to take pictures of plus-size model.
A photographer has sparked outrage after charging $100 (Rs 7,600) more than his 'standard' pricing to take pictures of plus-size models.
Megan Mesveskas, who is a model and founder of the agency Model Nexus, had reached out to a well-known photographer, William Lords, asking about his rates and availability to photograph some of her clients.
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Mesveskas took to TikTok to share an email she received in response to her request. The photographer¡¯s studio manager responded with two separate pricing for photoshoots. The price to shoot a ¡°standard¡± model was $950, but the price for photographing a ¡°plus-sized/curve¡± model was $1050.
¡°Yep, you¡¯re reading that right. A curve or a plus-sized model is going to cost an extra hundred dollars," Mesveskas said after sharing a screenshot of the email.
The video received a little more than 1,600 likes on Mesveskas¡¯ TikTok account, but went viral when fellow models and members of her agency took to social media to criticise the pricing discrepancy.
Sixtine Rouyre, a model signed to Model Nexus, responded with her own message to the photographer.
"This is just one more example of how awful the modelling industry is to literally anyone over a size zero. "Like, how does this make any f**king sense?" Rouyre said in the video.
¡°How does it make sense to charge more because the person standing in front of you, that you¡¯re taking photos of, is bigger?¡± she added.
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After receiving backlash for his pricing, Lords told Newsweek that the reason he charges $100 more for curvy models
is because of the time and cost involved in obtaining "creative and high end" clothing for the models that is on par with clothing offered to "straight-sized" models.
¡°$100 is absolutely nothing compared to what I do for these girls,¡± he said.
While Lords believes that his extra pricing is fair, Rouyre feels that this is just another example of fatphobia in the fashion industry: ¡°Your fatphobia is showing, it¡¯s f**king disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself.¡±
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