Nina Taylor has been a model for over 30 years. She regularly appears on the covers of fashion magazines and even acts in films, but her face is hardly familiar to you. The fact is that only her hands are always visible on the screen. Her position is called the “model of hands”, but, believe me, she earns no less than her well-known colleagues.
Features of work
Hand models have been in demand in the fashion industry for a long time. Now it’s hard to say where they appeared before - in the movies or in glossy magazines. Sometimes the beauty of the model is not perfect, and some parts of her body have to be replaced by strangers. In the absence of photoshop, this was especially necessary. Although, as it turned out, today the models of hands have enough work.
Nina Taylor became a model 30 years ago. At first, she starred, as usual, as a whole, but then the agents noticed the exceptional beauty of Nina's hands. Since then, she began to be invited as an understudy brush for the filming of famous models, and later was invited to the cinema. The woman realized that, working as a model of hands, she remains anonymous and has relative freedom. This attracted her, and she agreed to pose with her hands.
Movie work
Nina's task is to duplicate the hands of famous actresses during close-ups. She replaced her hands with Jennifer Lawrence, Heidi Klum, Demi Moore and Scarlett Johansson. She simply approaches the actress, leans in such a way that she herself is not seen, and gives free rein to her hands. Nina's brushes are not just beautiful, but also very flexible. She can make any gestures with them so that it is impossible to guess that the hands do not belong to the actress in the frame. Her last work - stroking the face of Benedict Cumberbatch - brought Nina $ 2,000 for 5 minutes of work. But such big fees are not always awaiting her.
Photoshoots for hands
To work with world fashion brands, model hands must be perfect. In the frame, they usually offer her to hold a handbag or clutch bag, perfume or accessories. Nina is the best in her business, she can do with her hands “talking” expressions that best show the advertised product.
The second most in demand today is Stephanie Mendiola, working with global manufacturers of expensive bags. A woman considers herself a student of Nina Taylor.
One of her photos - an advertising handbag with a snake - costs more than $ 5,000. Nina and Stephanie have one agent who provides them with ongoing orders.
$ 2.5 million brushes
Nina Taylor is not just a model, she is the best manicurist. Many celebrities use her services. One of her regular customers is Naomi Campbell. Recently, Nina was an honored guest at London Fashion Week. Soon she plans to move to the USA to develop the industry of manual modeling there. Her husband supports her in everything and is proud of his famous wife.
Nina insured her brushes in the amount of $ 2.5 million, but this is not just an empty whim. Woman's hands are her main source of income. They should be without a single scar, even and smooth, without protruding knuckles and cuts. The slightest defect - and Nina risks losing her job. But time also does not spare the appearance of a woman. She is no longer 20, every year to keep the beauty of her hands more and more difficult. You have to carry out expensive procedures and constantly take care of your hands.
We can talk as much as we like about how strange these people are in the arts. They are willing to pay for what we would consider complete nonsense. Now Photoshop bloomed violently. You can paint on any model any hands, legs, completely redraw her body in the photo, and no one will notice the substitution. In the cinema, too, they have been editing for a long time, changing the faces of the actors with understudies.Does it make sense to pay extra models for what could be done on a computer and cost less? Probably, it makes sense, although soon they may no longer need the services of such models.
