Charlie Fish
The Child Model
Resource, October 1st, 2008
Excerpt from article: "To a child, a photo shoot is just a collection of stimuli: bright lights, a person’s face occluded by a black camera, the toys, the dress up, and the other children. Parents and photographers coo and coddle the child, issuing directions with excitement and the right intonation: “What do we do when we’re sad?” “Can you touch the sky?” And somewhere along the line, when the cameras stop clicking, there’s feeding and naptime.
But child modeling isn’t a day in the sandbox for the numerous magazines targeting parents, or for the billion-dollar companies mass-producing clothes for tots, or for the forty-five plus modeling agencies in the Northeast that represent America’s youth. Child modeling is a lucrative business, and a thriving one at that."
The article is an in-depth look at the business of child modeling, complete with sidebars on DOs and DON'Ts, as well as renowned child photographer Jade Albert's take on the industry.
Click here to read the article online.
