Saturday 19 December 2009

BEWARE OF RORY LEWIS PHOTO

This Liverpool based photographer has been allegedly scamming people all over the world in the following ways:

  • photo-retouchers all over the world have been allegedly scammed by him - he orders retouched images and allegedly never pays for them. then he goes on to use them, even now on his site. he sells them to clients and keeps the money

  • he has allegedly booked models on commercial jobs then ignored them without paying or supplying images/prints

  • he has allegedly organised photography courses in lighting techniques and when the photographers turn up, there is nobody at the address given, and none of the £120 fees are returned

  • he has allegedly organised portfolio days for models, who pay for a professional turnover and end up with a handful of untouched images, no book and no prints. then he ignores their calls/emails - changes his number and blocks emails

  • he has allegedly booked makeup artists for shoots, offering cash, then 6 months later, they are still chasing him. he blocks their number and email address - this has happened over and over again

READ ON:

https://www.purestorm.com/forum/readThread.aspx?id=101738

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=486349

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=486740&page=2

He allegedly uses various names - Rory Lewis, RPL, Jessica Lewis, Joanna Lewis, and others. He copies his website off other photographers so that he looks like a professional.
He is banned from networking sites Model Mayhem
and Purestorm for his activities.

This was his last site which was taken down:

www.rorylewis.viewbook.com

* P L E A S E B E W A R E * of this person and spread the word


RETOUCHERS UNITED



2 comments:

  1. Avoid this event:

    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194962461149&ref=mf

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  2. Check out this post by a retoucher who was scammed by him:

    http://nataliataffarel.deviantart.com/journal/27892507/

    ReplyDelete