Solas wrote:
Current and past. Who ?

Mario Testino

Happy Guy Photos wrote:

Mario Testino

Holy $%^&, he was on MM? I love his work

MoRina wrote:
I guess the answer depends on whether or not you are including porn producers.

sure why not, if they had an MM account I suppose they are fair game.

udor wrote:
I am too tired to remember more, but... unfortunately... the time when the fashion photographer's name was a pop icon mainstream name, that everybody knew changed... and now it's the model who is the celebrity.

I would say Terry R is pretty mainstream famous/infamous
Anne L also

MoRina wrote:
I guess the answer depends on whether or not you are including porn producers.

They aren't known outside the porn world...I would say they dont count

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:

I would say Terry R is pretty mainstream famous/infamous
Anne L also

But not on MM (which was the idea in the title).

- I had no idea Mario Testino was on here - and I've been here for 10 years.

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:

But not on MM (which was the idea in the title).

- I had no idea Mario Testino was on here - and I've been here for 10 years.

Yes you are right I stand corrected
I never heard about a Mario T profile on here either(sceptical)
I will agree with Udor on Jerry Avenaim being the most high profile photog on MM

Solas wrote:
I may be mistaken but wasn't klinko & indrani a member at some point? Although I can't access his website anymore..seems to be coming up as something in japanese..not sure what that is all about.. the facebook page is still active: https://www.facebook.com/MarkusAndIndrani

found old interview: https://www.modelmayhem.com/education/p … kus-klinko

Yes, Markus was on MM early on and left!

There were so many high profile professionals on MM in the first three to four years... it was really cool... too many got fed up or were "forced out".

So many of my colleagues from the fashion industry in NYC became inactive on MM, still maintaining their MM profile, but not using this here anymore... we are in a closed group on FB.

It's a shame tho... besides the unqualified snapshooters who talked about the fashion industry as if they were part of it..., there were an awesome counterweight of heavyweight professionals with the credentials to back up their information that they shared on MM forums...

All gone, but for a handful...

Solas wrote:
Thats sad udor. Mm is Kind of like the after party now. Load of people who don't want to stop, yet have nowhere to go anyway so may as well turn up till we get kicked out ! .. and then new people come piling in from different closing bars. Some which have potential to be real cool..and some that are a lil bit ..err

THAT is an awesome description!

I am one of the barflies... still stuck to my chair... LOL

FilmmakerDC wrote:
Let's hope that we all find our destination eventually.

You have a rather dystopian view of MM...
I have found my destination decades ago... MM is not a train to nowhere for me or many others who work full time in the industry... it's more a side show, that accompanies me along my travels to entertain or inform me, while working in the industry.

... just sayin'...

FilmmakerDC wrote:
Instead of an after party, I view MM as a train traveling on an endless track.

People join (jump on) and ride for varying lengths of time but while we are all on board, the train is going nowhere. We are simply passing time. While riding, many people discover their destination and decide get off (leave the MM Community).

Some people never find what they are looking and just stay on the train indefinitely, maybe out of sheer boredom. They watch as others come and go, they sit back and enjoy the scenery while they amass forum post counts in the thousands. The next thing they know, 5 years has passed but to them it only seemed like 6 months. They look around and discover that they have gone nowhere

One bright spot is that there is never a lack of new riders on the train. These newbies provide a constant source of amusement to the old-timers. They laugh and kid at the newbie mistakes that they themselves once made so many years ago. We all look around at each other and realize that the lucky ones are the ones that found their destination and got off. Now they live their lives offline in the "real world" while we sit at our desks in the dark and ride aimlessly on into the future. The internet modeling train to nowhere shows no sign of stopping anytime soon ...whooooo whoooooo. ding..ding..ding...Alllllll aboard.

Let's hope that we all find our destination eventually.

Well said and appropriate!

There are a few on MM that put themselves on a self-made pedestal and don't realiize it, even though it's rather obvious.

udor wrote:

THAT is an awesome description!

I am one of the barflies... still stuck to my chair... LOL

Considering I joined when I was still a teen, under that analogy I would be the minor who snuck into the party with the homemade ID card. lol

udor wrote:

You have a rather dystopian view of MM...
I have found my destination decades ago... MM is not a train to nowhere for me or many others who work full time in the industry... it's more a side show, that accompanies me along my travels to entertain or inform me, while working in the industry.

... just sayin'...

I like this idea better, more optimistic.

udor wrote:
You have a rather dystopian view of MM...
I have found my destination decades ago... MM is not a train to nowhere for me or many others who work full time in the industry... it's more a side show, that accompanies me along my travels to entertain or inform me, while working in the industry.

... just sayin'...

Hmm...dystopian? I don't think so. MM is not undesirable at all but yes, at times, ..it can get frightening.
I agree with your Circus Side Show comparison. The entertainment value is well worth the cost of admission and is the main draw for many. It makes us laugh, it makes us cry, it makes us angry and it makes us happy.

Congrats on finding your destination. Unlike most Udor, you are not a continuous rider on the train but more of a commuter. You hop on and off the train from time to time while keeping one foot on the ground in the real world. Wonderful!

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:
Although, I have to say, when MM was in its heyday (circa 2005-2008ish), I got the distinct impression that there were more than a few "names" functioning under pseudonyms on MM, including forums.

Oh there were. Lots of them.

Model Sarah wrote:
Terry Richardson actually used to have an account on here, unfortunately.

really??? which profile was he?

Stephen Fletcher wrote:
Robert Randall.

He is a legend in his own mind.

Hi Stephen!

I must say that he might be more than a legend in his own mind, considering that he is not only a multiple award winning photographer, he used to assist Irvin Penn, worked with all kinds of celebrities and gets gigs that I personally can only dream of, with a pay for a few days of work (I was witness to such a gig) that is more than some middle income families annual income...

Besides that... he is a straight up guy, who can hold his liquor and can be funny as hell... I was witness to that too...

Model Sarah wrote:
Gavin O'Neill
Spencer Tunick
Barron Claiborne
My old pal Richard Goldstien used to be on here too.

Terry Richardson actually used to have an account on here, unfortunately.

I miss Richard!

I worked with him at the show of a mutual designer friend, did the casting together and he has a wealth of credentials and experiences.


I also want to add John Fisher in Florida... also a rather prolific shooter!

Stephen Fletcher wrote:
Robert Randall.

He is a legend in his own mind.

no negativity and disrespect in my thread ! say nice things or nothing at all

udor wrote:

Yes, Markus was on MM early on and left!

There were so many high profile professionals on MM in the first three to four years... it was really cool... too many got fed up or were "forced out".

So many of my colleagues from the fashion industry in NYC became inactive on MM, still maintaining their MM profile, but not using this here anymore... we are in a closed group on FB.

It's a shame tho... besides the unqualified snapshooters who talked about the fashion industry as if they were part of it..., there were an awesome counterweight of heavyweight professionals with the credentials to back up their information that they shared on MM forums...

All gone, but for a handful...

Stories, we want stories!!!!

FilmmakerDC wrote:
Hmm...dystopian? I don't think so. MM is not undesirable at all but yes, at times, ..it can get frightening.
I agree with your Circus Side Show comparison.

EXCUSE ME!

Do not take my name in vain.

Oops, sorry,  the other spelling.

Herman Surkis wrote:

Stories, we want stories!!!!

LOL... not many exciting stories...but there were some blowhards from Bumfuck, Backcountry, USA, who were some local shooters who told so many cute'ish village beauties that were 5'3" that they were perfect for fashion in NYC and that they will make career on the runway here, because they do their perfect bobble head on the runway in a local farm.

Then arguing with NYC pros how the biz in NYC works or the mainstream industry, who got their knowledge from watching ANTM... I am not kidding... there were many like that in the beginning... and "their" models who argued along the same line..

What a peanut gallery that was at times... LOL

udor wrote:

I miss Richard!

I worked with him at the show of a mutual designer friend, did the casting together and he has a wealth of credentials and experiences.

Oh god he is a genius. He is a dear friend of mine. He's currently living in Venezuela. He supports my photography a lot and he doesn't know it but it means the world to me.

udor wrote:
Yes, Markus was on MM early on and left!

There were so many high profile professionals on MM in the first three to four years... it was really cool... too many got fed up or were "forced out".

So many of my colleagues from the fashion industry in NYC became inactive on MM, still maintaining their MM profile, but not using this here anymore... we are in a closed group on FB.

It's a shame tho... besides the unqualified snapshooters who talked about the fashion industry as if they were part of it..., there were an awesome counterweight of heavyweight professionals with the credentials to back up their information that they shared on MM forums...

All gone, but for a handful...

Many MANY of them were in the forums and offered such solid advice but then you'd have these GWC's trying to argue with them not knowing who they were and they just got fed up and left. Richard's main reason for leaving MM was because of that. So fucking sad.