ModelMayhem

Model Mayhem is great! I've worked with it for years and have made lots of side gig money. Be wary of photographers trying to get free nude work. And minors should be supervised I think. But it's fun and can be profitable.

Nice website but completely lacking customer service and over sight. No phone numbers, direct emails, managers etc. If you want a refund or have a problem don't waste your time trying to resolve it. They just ignore everything while laughing in a bubble. I'm actually surprised the parent company doesn't get more involved.

So I never really had an issue with the staff until I did. I notice a lot of complaints about Model Mayhem Mods and I can attest that it is very real.
Once you get on their radar it's over. I was a long time customer and have made many good friends via MM.
I got banned for this.
When I tried to ask why they accused me of having a fake account. I never had a fake account.
They are dishonest and manipulators.

Worst site ever... full of fake profiles, prostitution and homosexual paedophiles.
There was also an Islamic model who already did naked photos, so if you asked her to shoot nudes, she got angry because her religion didn't allow it... hilarious

This site is hilarious! It's like a Craigslist For Self - proclaimed "models" Who Submit for free, their own unprofessional taken photos. One quick glance, and any person with even half an eye for talent can see these "models" are on there because they were laughed right out the door of any reputable agency!

Others have written regarding the virtual police state that exists under the congenial surface of this photography website. It's even worse than the other reviewers imagine.

I created a profile on the site and began posting discussion threads concerning the site's internal practices. I took to task one of their so-called moderators who liked to brag of his powers to have people removed, and also liked to force models into positions where they would have to sleep with him.

As anticipated, that caused the focus to be on me, not the site's abusive practices. In the process, they revealed that they collect camera serial numbers for all images posted on the site and run the info against an "enemies list" database.If you post a picture taken with a camera used by someone they dislike, you're toast. And they seem to dislike a lot of people.

This is truly chilling. I agree with those who counsel staying away from ModelMayhem.com.

Join this site if you want to be grouped with a bunch of self-entitled D-Bags and the general anti-model kind of community. Photographers think they're better than everyone else. The shoots I've been in, always disrespectful. 'Models' with phone pictures get more attention than legitimate photos and 'photographers' berate you if you have any differing opinion. Also, if you've had a bad shoot and say something, it's YOUR fault because photographers do no wrong. I now have a horrible hatred for photographers and will NEVER waste my time on them again. Get a real job.

It used to be good. Then people unqualified to run a business were promoted into management positions, and they can't manage. The website is now falling apart and lots of the best members have already left. What's left over is very mediocre. Until the current managers are fired and replaced by someone who knows what they are doing, I don't see any improvement on the horizon.

I signed up for a profile and after about a week my account was closed. In that time I received 100+ messages from "photographers" wanting to do a TF nude shoot with me, when you look at their profiles though they only have crappy poor quality pics or unprofessional pics and in some cases porn. Yet my profile is banned. I asked why my profile was banned in the "ask a mod" section of their website. It took 6 days for them to reply to my message and their response was that I do not appear to be who I say I am. The mod bluntly told me that in order to prove who I am I must take a photo of myself holding a crumpled up piece of paper that says "Hi mods, this is me" These mods are far to arrogant and drunk on the power of banning models which apparently makes them men. I will not be doing as they ask as I feel the website is a joke, filled with perverted men just wanting to get you nude. Plus they spam your mailbox with total crap! Stay away!

They have a few people that have been given some power over membership and they have not concept of customer service. They will cut you off for something they think 'might' be an infraction on their rules just because of the words you use, not the actual meaning. WTH is that? Then they will cut you off, delete your contacts and mail messages. No questions ask.
My advise, stay away! Don't invest the time trying to build a network here.

WOW! What a crappy way to run a business.

The majority of the photographers listed have amateurish photos at best. I signed on as a model to do some unique projects with established, creative photographers, and so far i haven't found anyone even close to what i want. I had better luck cruising instagram. Nearly every job offered to me had no pay or some kind of weirdness to it, or both. I'm on the verge of deleting my profile; i've kept it because its a quick reference tool for when i want to show someone something i've worked on.

Recently received this email from ModelMayhem:

"Your account has been removed from Model Mayhem for the following reasons:

It has been determined that it is in the best interests of the site and its membership that your account be removed."

After requesting any additional specific information received this reply:

"I'm sorry, but we've given you all the information we are prepared to share.

Have a good day."

All I can say is wow! I have been a professional cinematographer for almost 20 years. I wanted to expand into photography, submitted several professional photos, a full bio explaining my background and what I am looking for.

I received an email saying that I was denied, but they said, "It was up to me to figure out what went wrong."

No thank you. Terrible service, unbelievable!

If you are a new model, it is a good place to start out. I personally went there because I wanted to see if I could even book work before traipsing into the agencies acting all high and mighty. Now if you are looking for legitimate paid work head over to craigslist where there is a lot more "Adult" work but there are also serious paying gigs. If you want to practice and build your portfolio, I would recommend modelmayhem as a good place to start for sure maybe do some networking, but if you depend on it you'll never go anywhere.

So called self proclaimed photographers posting pictures without consent of models, no release form signed or authorization to use the image/likeness of that person. So basically any pissed of man or women can join as a photographer and post nude pictures of there ex and the admin will not remove the photos. Instead they tell you to hire an attorney!

Model Mayhem (MM) is ostensibly a site for emerging photographers and aspiring models.

It is run by a self-serving clique collectively called Mods (Moderators) which submits its members to arbitrary and capricious actions without justification.

These actions range from removing individual photographs from contests and portfolios to suspending members from the site for vague and unspecified reasons.

Furthermore MM makes no effort to police the fraud which is endemic to the site such as models stealing advances and photographers not meeting their financial commitments to models.

The sole reason MM survives is because there isn't an alternative at present. If and when a viable alternative emerges MM will die a quick death,

At first i used MM a lot then i stop during using MM during the winter season. Due to cold conditions. Then i logged on to find out my accounted has been closed for an unknown reason as well no explanation?! No wonder this company has poor reviews. Some please tell me another site that is similar to MM.

I have tried countless times to start a profile. I included all details that were required and have still been denied. I successfully started an account after countless tries just to have it deleted by management after a week for no clear reason. It's frustrating but they will no longer be getting any business from me.

I was a member from the very beginning of Model Mayhem. Since it then over the past 10+ years it has gotten worse and worse. It's run by individual photographers who moderate who gets to use the site and who does not. They eliminate almost all new photographers unless they are buddies. My account has been closed and trying to sign up again is impossible. They claim to be protecting models from those who shoot nude content (unless it's them who is doing the photography of course). It's not a good place for models or photographers anymore.

Had the displeasure of speaking with the man. Let me say if you have young women in your life keep them away from him. He is a nasty. He kept trying to touch my sister is inappropriate places saying he was just trying to get her into the correct position! Borderline assault. Called the company they where less them helpful! STAY AWAY!

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This is his info STAY AWAY!

I attempted to contact Model Mayhem about a predator on the site. They will not remove this person due to the comments being made on a third party site. If anyone would like to share this information, the assailant pictured below has been linked to several model assaults in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Model Mayhem is a fraud. They claim to have over one million members. FALSE! They may have that many accounts, but many have not been active in over 8 to 10 years. When this is called to their attention, you are told that searches can be adjusted to any date of last activity. That does not change the fact that most of their membership accounts are dead links to models & photographers. Avoid this site unless you just want to waste your time.

I have been a freelance model photographer in Western New York for over 20 years with a degree in the Arts! Yet the gatekeepers denied my account! Do you have to pay first to get a spot? Free trial period is a joke! Models beware they my just after your money!

I've seen many negative reviews on this site, and frankly I have no idea what most of them are talking about. I'm a realist painter who has been a member for some time. I hired my first model through them in 2014, and have since hired four female models and 2 male models through this website. They were all great. Of course, this isn't a modeling agency, so you have to practice due diligence. Not everyone here is an experienced professional. Others are well-known glamour models There are doubtless some photographers who are creeps, and some models who have done porn (So? If that offends you, don't hire them!). The people I hired were all terrific professionals who did their job.