Saturday, March 27, 2010  #1165 1AM's Glenn Hunt gives his two
cents on model exploitation in NZ  Photo: 1AM - image censored
to preserve the model's (barely concealed) modesty  Before I get
into what Glenn Hunt has to say for himself, I wanted to say
that I'm amazed by the lack of response to Thursday's blog about
model exploitation in New Zealand. Besides several magazine
editors speaking out in response to two local episodes where
models were apparently given drugs on set, very few people have
made any noise. It's a little confusing. The feedback to an ad
campaign where a model was depicted dead was gargantuan. And an
ad campaign where an over-age but young-looking model was shown
in lingerie drew an overwhelming moral objection. But as soon as
the actual topic of models being exploited is raised, or an
invitation to start a dialogue about what can be done to
safeguard the vulnerable is suggested (thanks to Melinda
Williams), all anybody seems to want to talk about is whether or
not photographers should ge