Picture Me

I was browsing Netflix for an interesting movie to pass my Saturday morning and I stumbled upon a documentary called Picture Me. It's an insider look at the modeling industry and was made by model Sara Ziff and her filmmaker boyfriend Ole Schell. Its pretty brilliantly done, it shows the positive things like the incredible amount of money you make and the bonds you form with the other models, but it also reveals truths about the industry like the debt that accumulates from being flown from New York to Paris, etc and living in a model apartment, the overworking, the sexual assault of models usually done by photographers, and also what it does to your psyche. How it makes the models hypercritical of their bodies and the way they look and how constant critiques by designers, photographers, etc just zaps their confidence. It shows real truths about the industry and doesn't just try to make it look like a perfect, glamourous life. With all this truth telling, it could easily put a damper on your day if it wasn't for the "star" of the film, Sara Ziff, who is honest, fun, and overall just comes off as extremely likable. The film ends with her moving on with her life and starting a new chapter as a student at Columbia University in New York City.

Bottom line is its definitely worth renting and was a really great film.

P.S. The animation is also really rad.