I tuned in to see the TSV this morning. Leah held up a DVD featuring photos of women on the cover and inside who were bare from the waist up and holding their arms over their breasts. While the camera was focused on those photos, she told us to give the gift of WEN this holiday season. I can only imagine the reactions of some of the people on my shopping list when that DVD came out of the box! Has Chaz ever explained why he decided to put those provocative photos on the DVD? Browse our new arrivals. Privacy Statement General Terms of Use.
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Content creator and blogger Natalie Lucas calls Sydney home, and you'll often see the inner city architecture featuring in her beautiful content. Natalie, an ex make-up artist and model started We think the job title 'funtrepreneur' is pretty cool, and encapsulates so much of what many people in today's world are doing in their lives - creating successful businesses from
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Of all the jobs one can do nude it is surprisingly modest. The working relationship is completely dependant on trust. An artists working with a model has their reputation to consider, should their conduct be less than professional it could ruin their chances of ever working with another model, and alienate them from their community. This responsibility falls on the shoulders of the model as well, their conduct must be equally impeachable. The lines of professionalism can and do blur. Sometimes with fantastic results, amazing works of art are born. But this is the exception rather than the rule. There are many paths that may lead to working as a life model. I began working for artists in my teens while attending group life drawing classes. We had hired a model who continually failed to come to work, leaving us all sitting there pencils and sketchpads in hand and no model to draw from.
