Landon Langham

	MALE MODELING

Start A Career

You don't have to wait around for an open call or some kind of major model search function by an agency. If you get on the phone and the agency tells you their open call is six months off, ask if you can just drop by. Don't stop at just one; go around to as many of the top agencies as you can.
Once the agency sizes you up and they see they like the potential you have, an agent will arrange for you to have portfolio pictures taken, a composite card printed, and a résumé put together. Again, you must remember that you are trying to make money, not spend it, so don't waste cash on portfolios until you get signed up with a manager. The agency will probably have a specific look in mind for you anyway, and they'll want to start from scratch. A portfolio is what you take along to modeling job interviews, called “casting calls”, “call backs”, or “go sees”. In your portfolio are a series of shots taken by an agency-recommended photographer, and it reflects the agency's marketing strategy for you. Composite cards, comp cards for short, are what you leave behind with the prospective employer: a single printed sheet of photos to help them remember you.

A huge step in pursuit of a modeling career is finding an agency to represent you. The following are several of the largest agencies in the world for male models:

Elite
111 East 22nd Street
New York, NY
Phone: 212-529-9700

Ford
142 Greene St, 4th Floor
New York, NY
Phone: 212-219-6500
IMG Models
22 East 71st Street
New York, NY
Phone: 212-529-9700

Metropolitan
220 5th Avenue, Suite 800
New York, NY
Phone: 212-989-0100
Email: MetroModel@aol.com

Next
23 Watts Street
New York, NY
Phone: 212-925-5100

Boss Models
1 Gansevoort Street
New York, NY
Phone: 212-242-2444
E-mail: newyork@bossmodels.com

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

l4langh1@wmich.edu