We have had great success getting new models from people sending us their material like you are about to do. Quite a lot of models that send us their material end up modeling for us.

Think before you send

Be a little self critical before sending us your images. Look at the list of models we currently work with. If you still think you should send us your application, we would love to hear from you. We do not have any height, age or weight restrictions, but you must have a beautiful or handsome face and be able to travel to Cape Town.

What we do and why we would want to work with you

We are a team of 25 photographers and 14 interns here at peopleimages.com and we shoot constantly. We have a constant need for new faces and shoot up to 10 times per week in our studio in Cape Town. We produce images that are sold on our site for advertisements, magazines, websites, books, posters, etc., and that pays for the shoot and the associated expenses. Some of the clients that regularly buy our images are: Cosmopolitan, Swarovski Diamonds, Samsung, Canon, Apple, Time Magazine, etc. 

Benefits of being a peopleimages.com model

If we approach you to shoot with us after receiving your application, you will most likely be offered a range of shoots, which will give you quite a large range of images to put in your portfolio afterwards. All our models get a profile on our site and once you log in, you can download your own images for free. If you perform well with us, we will present you to our network of over 20 modelling agencies here in Cape Town, South Africa. Quite a few celebrities have worked with us and some even started their careers with us. Just to name a few: 

Rodrigo R (The world's most downloaded man)
Malinda Ban (Miss South Africa, Miss Universe Contestant)
Simone de Kock (Miss South Africa Contestant)
Cecilie W (The world's most downloaded woman)
Alyssa Arce (Playboy model and former girlfriend to pop-star Justin Bieber)
Janez Vermeiren (Top billing presenter, and voted as the most sexy man in SA)

We also bring in about 10-15 models per year from around the world to shoot in Cape Town. Most of them contacted us just like you are about to do.
 
If we like what we see, we will give you a ticket and pay all expenses. We require new models without any references or experience to do three shoots with us for free because the training process takes time. Contrary to what people think, modeling is not easy. After three shoots you will be paid between 50-100 USD per hour. To give yourself the best chance of success, be sure to follow the advice below.

What pictures to send?

Sometimes potential new models will send us pictures of themselves that are too blurry or out of focus and we cannot really see their face. Try not to do this as you are not giving us anything to evaluate. We need at least three types of images

We have to be able to see your face clearly from both front and from the side. You do not have to send us shots from a studio. Normal shots are fine as long as we can judge how you look

We have to see you smile. A good smile is essential to making a good career in modeling. We must see your full fledged smile – there's no way around it!!!

We have to be able to see your body. Ideally bikini or underwear and at least one full-body shot, not just a part of your body. The best approach is to get a boyfriend or girlfriend to shoot some recent snapshots of you instead of sending us heavily retouched images. We want unretouched normal phone images. We are professionals and can easily judge when we see something with potential. 
If you don't mind shooting nude or semi-nude images you have to send images of that character or we simply can't book you for that concept because we don't know how you look.

Send to yuri@peopleimages.com