Modern Model January 2015 | Page 31

Hats
 off
 to
 PaKy
 Lewis

Story
 by
 Brian
 Thornton

 Photos
 ©
 G.
 Gregory
 Gieger

Wardrobe”
 Studio
 95
 Photographix
 and
 Hat
 Palace
 –
 Milford,
 BT

 If
 I
 have
 the
 chance
 to

visit
 ConnecOcut,
 it
 might
 be
 to

visit
  the
  MysOc
  Seaport,
  but
  it

will
  more
  likely
  be
  for
  the

chance
  to
  work
  with
  Model

PaKy
  Lewis.
  Maybe
  I
  can

combine
  the
  two
  ideas,
  and

photograph
 Model
 PaKy
 Lewis

at
 the
 MysOc
 Seaport.
 Nice.

  For
  models
  that
  are

taking
  advice
  from
  friends
  who

have
  never
  modeled,
  or

photographers
  who
  have

experience
  behind
  the
  camera,

but
  have
  never
  been
  credited

for
  placing
  models
  with

agencies,
 I
 hope
 that
 you
 read

this
 arOcle
 carefully.

  If
  you
  are
  working
  to

gain
 the
 aKenOon
 of
 an
 agent,

agency,
  or
  publicaOon,
  the

most
  important
  step
  is
  to

research
  the
  agent
  to
  find
  out

what
 they
 are
 looking
 for,
 and

find
 out
 what
 they
 want.

  In
  some
  cases,
  what

they
  want
  is
  clearly
  spelled
  out

in
  their
  submission
  guidelines.

In
  other
  cases,
  what
  they
  are

looking
  for
  might
  be
  obvious.

  If
  you
  noOce
  that,
  in

the
  past
  12
  publicaOons,
  the

cover
  models
  have
  all
  been

blondes,
  it
  may
  be
  Ome
  to
  visit

the
  Marilyn
  Monroe
  fashion

shop.

 It
 is
 also
 best
 to
 go
 to

the
  source.
  SomeOmes
  a

simple
  query,
  such
  as,
  “since

we
  are
  heading
  into
  fall,
  I
  will

be
 submiqng
 some
 fall
 fashion

photos
  taken
  at
  the
  MysOc

Seaport.”

  This
  type
  of
  query,

which
  is
  more
  of
  a
  heads
  up,

does
  two
  things.
  First,
  it
  does

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not
  ask
  a
  quesOon.
  Many

models
  submit
  a
  quesOons,

such
  as,
  “Would