Models, please read. Alert!

theunicornsuccubus:

taliasatania:

cameraforaface:

So, this is going to be a bit long but in light of recent things I have been reading, I feel I have to post something in a public forum. Highcastle Photography/Jesse Perez (Also goes by Jesse Muniz) is not a safe person to work with. Please, if you are a model and are considering working with him, message me first.

I feel genuinely sick about the testimonies from various models coming forward to talk about the things he has said and done. I wish I had said something sooner. All I can hope for now is that this might stop someone else from ending up in an awful situation. Jesse is an abusive person. He was abusive in our relationship and he acted extremely unprofessionally with the models we worked with. When we began taking photographs together, he was mostly fine. He put me down a lot in front of models and sometimes bugged people to do things more than he should but it wasn’t where it is today. He is manipulative and prey’s on people who he feels are weaker than him (wounded birds he called them). And he is good at it. I left the relationship feeling like I didn’t matter and that I had no self worth. He told me things that I will never be able to forget no matter how hard I try. He should not be allowed to take advantage of anyone else.

After one of our lasts shoots I told him I no longer wished to shoot with him because I felt he was putting extreme pressure on a model who had already made clear what her boundaries were for the photo shoot. He blew up at me.

While Jesse never hit me, he has an extremely large temper and is unpredictable. I had several women tell me whom we worked with that he continued to bother them through texts on the side after they had already told him they were not interested in whatever idea he was proposing. Another admitted he had taken pictures when she wasn’t looking with his cell phone of her and was sending them to someone else. I warned those we had worked with but I never went public. Apparently, he has gotten much worse and his abuse more extreme. It is not ok. And I can’t not say anything anymore. I am a stronger person now and am in a much better place in my life and I don’t want any of these things to happen to anyone else.

If you have worked with him and want to talk, if you are thinking about working with him and want to talk, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. And again, I am sorry for not doing this sooner. 

Please share this post. I don’t want anyone else to have to deal with this abusive individual. 

FYI for other models-

he’s still around. still shooting. please be safe and do not hesitate to reach out to others in the community you trust.

NYDeliveryGuy on Twitter

and his tumblr is back

As of 10/9/2017 his modelmayhem account is currently down, but he may remake, so still keep an eye out friends! I couldn’t find his instagram account, but his twitter account is still active. 

This is his personal website (according to his twitter).