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| We had our origins in the struggle of the 1980s and early 90s, when we had to drag the job of life modelling out of the depths it had sunk into. We wanted to give it back some of the status it used to have. That's why people sometimes use words like 'stern', 'formal', even 'militaristic' about us. We're not really that bad - it's just that we had a hard battle and we'd like to hang on to some of the gains we made. Thanks largely to our efforts, nobody can deny that the job gets a rather better press these days, or that the people doing it tend to take it a bit more seriously and are more professional about it - especially if they are members of RAM. Nothing is perfect, but on the whole RAM models are a class act, in terms of competence, conduct and reliability. In fact, those have been our three watchwords from the start. But we are in danger of losing the hard-won gains. Now that the art world has caught up with the Internet at last, it has become much easier for anyone at all to call themselves artists' models, to advertise and to get work. Never has it been simpler for people whose intentions may not be of the best to book models. Well, we in RAM no longer feel that we can regulate the whole life modelling scene. We don't even want to any more. We keep ourselves to ourselves these days. So now, as well as those other words used against us, we are accused of being 'exclusive'. But think about it ! If you're a model, consider those three watchwords again - competence, conduct, reliability. If you think you do a good job, conduct yourself professionally in the life room and ride pretty high on the reliability scale, don't you think you ought be in the exclusive company of like-minded colleagues? And if you're a genuine employer of life models, wouldn't you like to join our hundreds of other employers that models can feel more confident about working for? Yes, RAM is exclusive - it's for models and employers who take the job seriously. Over 500 employers of life models have access to the contact details of RAM members on this site. But we're not saying models should never advertise their services anywhere else. In fact, have you noticed how the RAM members who do that usually mention their RAM membership in their ads? Wherever and however you advertise, your best bet is to get that RAM number after your name! |