Bill Schwanke - AquariusPhotos - Thickmodelspot.com, Playbbw.com - Xxtremecurves.com Ripoff Believes black women are property not people Rochester Michigan

Good on ya Bill for the response. I think that consumers will be on your side in this one.

Readers of this post should be wary of the nature of this woman's complaints, basically that she wants to be a provocative paid model but she did not understand that the agreement she made turned out to profit other parties more than she. This is not a scam, she just did not take the time to understand what she is agreeing to. If you want to evolve from amateur to paid, watch your money..

I love the statement she made -"No one had told me anything, people are able to see me without my consent, and they're making money off of it. I don't want a dime from it, because those were not my intentions of taking the pictures in the first place."- but then -"I was working with a company, Continental XO, who had decided a website was the best way to 'get my name out'.."

Then, -"The website was in no way aimed at perverts or their perverted fantasies.."- but then -"one of my breasts came out of my top while trying to achieve a pose while laying down"-

Joi is not a victim, she is just naive.

I was hired to photographer Joi and several other models by ContinentalXO to promote their business and make websites for the models. They were a start up company and entered into an agreement to shoot on a TFP basis. This is common in the industry where the photographer retains the rights to license the photographs in return for shooting for free.

They could not afford my normal fee. This was my compensation and the only reason I travelled to their location and worked for 2 days. They did 2 other shoots for models where I was paid and they retained the rights to those pictures (their client paid for these shoots). I beleived the models were fully aware of this and Joi even signed her release form (my company's release)in front of me and I photographed her ID. She was to receive promotion and a website from Continental with the promise of making lots of money.

She did get some promotion in the form of flyers promoting events featuring her (using my photography)The failure of her website was her agent's responsibility. I am furious with them for not explaining things (apparantly) and not taking responsibility.

There were no trick pictures. The photography was under the direction of Continental. They received all the pics and presented them all to the model. I don't trick my models into poses, this is a ridiculous statement. I have been in business for years with a very good reputation and almost all work comming from referrals.

The last lines of my release forms read as follows "I waive any claim that I may have for alleged violation of privacy, defamation or libel by the use of such photographs.
I hereby represent that I am over the age of 18 and have read the authorization and release prior to it's execution. Underpenalty of perjury, I swear that each of the identification documents that I provided was lawfully obtained by me and has not been forged or altered. Further, I have not been induced to sign this authorization and release, other than by the recited considerations, by any representation or statement made by the photographer, his agent, or anyone acting on his behalf." Joi, why are you making false statements? I know you are unhappy but this just makes you look bad. You should be mad at your agent.

Maybe if they made the website a success then the other sites with your pics would help promote your site and earnings. This was the intent. When a site contacted you they wanted to offer you a job doing similar modelling (clothes on)for $1000. as a start. Itried to help you with this when you called me.

I have treated you with the utmost respect from the first day. When you called me with your complaint I explained the exact agreement that we had and was furious with Continental especially because I haven't heard from them in a year after they didn't pay me for the last shoot I did. Those pics were never used because we didn't have a TFP agreement. Furthermore since I couldn't do anything about pics already licensed I agreed to stop licensing (even though I own the copyrights) because it became apparent that you were not aware of the arrangement or felt undercompensated.

I have nothing against you JOI but if you continue to make slanderous and false statements about my company I will need to refer the matter to my lawyer. Let's end this here and stop the damage.

I will not continue to reply to reponses to this thread. This is my statement.