Blog.eleganteye.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/nude-model-release.pdf. Model Releases: Pro Models and Their Agencies. I got an interesting email from a fashion photographer that warrants some discussion: A model agency booker recently wrote to me saying: "But if you want to use the images for editorial use, we ask that you ask us first before agreeing to the usages used for that magazine.
In fact, all magazines require releases...even for editorials. Model Release Primer. Model release. A model release, known in similar contexts as a liability waiver, is a legal release typically signed by the subject of a photograph granting permission to publish the photograph in one form or another.
The legal rights of the signatories in reference to the material is thereafter subject to the allowances and restrictions stated in the release, and also possibly in exchange for compensation paid to the photographed. No release is required for publication, as news, of a photo taken of an identifiable person when the person is in a public place.