PORTFOLIO BOOK
In the past, models would carry with a physical portfolio (or “book”) of the their photo samples. These would include tear sheets (torn from actual magazines and catalogues) and prints from shoots. You would carry your book to castings and hand them to clients (usually a team of them sat at a table). The clients would spend anywhere from 1-3 minutes looking at your book and delibarating. Then you would get an indecernable look and a “thank you” before slinking away…. possibly on to the next casting. Fortunately for today’s model, those days are long gone.
Below you will find my current portfolio (which I am slowly building after many years), and my original portfolio from my youth (just for fun).
