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Make sure they are in the style the agency wants to see.  Unless the agency specializes in glamour, glamour-style shots are usually a bad idea.  If it’s an editorial fashion agency, lifestyle/commercial/”real people” shots are a bad idea.  If it’s a commercial print agency, high fashion, editorial style shots are a bad idea.  Know who you are submitting to and what they want to see.  If they have a website, use it as a guide to what you need.

If the agency has open calls, or allows models to personally drop off pictures, do that if possible.  Pictures are good, but seeing you in person is better.  There are lots of examples of people who would have been turned down from their pictures, but who were accepted when somebody actually laid eyes on them in person.

On the other hand, if the agency does not have open calls or accept walk-ins, don’t do it.  It’s just annoying, and nobody wants to start off that way 

They send pictures in formats the agency can’t read, they send pictures that are so large they clog the system and won’t fit on the screen.

  They send pictures so small nobody could tell what the model looks like.  They send pictures only, with no contact information except a return email address.  (Yes, that’s a problem.

  Agencies want to know where you are.)  They send emails with no pictures and request the agency email for them if interested (fat chance!).

People with AOL send pictures as attachments.  AOL won’t let you send pictures to non-AOL subscribers as attachments, so the email arrives with text only.

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