Photographer Marcus Hyde, who has worked with such celebrities as Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande, has been the subject of several allegations of sexual misconduct in the wake of an Instagram post by a model claiming he attempted to bribe her with a free photoshoot in exchange for nude photos of herself.
LA-based model Sunnaya Nash responded to Hyde's model call on Instagram, where he posted a photograph of a model in a wet, transparent bodysuit, with the words "who wants to shoot" written across it. Nash claims that when she messaged him about modeling, he asked for nude photos of her. In screenshots of direct messages Nash shared on her Instagram, Hyde is seen asking her for nude photos. Nash tells Hyde that she is comfortable shooting "lingerie and partial nudity," to which he replies that the price will be $2,000 unless she direct messages nude photos to him. Even after Nash agrees to shoot nude with Hyde, he still demands the price of $2000 unless she supplies him with nude photos beforehand. His reasoning behind the trade: "gotta see if your [sic] worth it." When Nash made it clear that she was not going to message Hyde nude photos of herself, he replied that he would just "keep shooting celebs."
Nash eventually posted the screenshots of the conversation to her Instagram and tagged Hyde's account, which led him to DM her a sexually derogatory message. Hyde has since deactivated his Instagram account.
Instagram eventually removed the story from Nash's page, citing its guidelines against bullying and harassment. (The original post by Hyde, as well as screenshots from Nash's post, can be viewed at the fashion Instagram blog @diet_prada.)
Nash took her post over to Twitter, where she shared screenshots from several women who messaged her about similar experiences they'd had with Hyde. One even accused him of sexually assaulting her. The common thread here is that most of these women blamed themselves at the time, feeling like they had somehow led him on, or, as new models, they believed this was how the industry worked.
Ariana Grande, who has worked with Hyde in the past, took to her Instagram stories yesterday to urge women not to work with any photographers who make them feel uncomfortable or demand more money for non-nude photos. She also urged her fans to shout out the great photographers out there who were respectful and provided positive experiences.
A quick search for Marcus Hyde on Twitter brings up tweet after tweet mentioning his name and the allegations. Although most are against Hyde, some of these tweets point out that Nash was indeed willing to pose nude for him, and one expresses confusion: "nude photographer gets in trouble for asking to see nudes."
What are your thoughts on the allegations and actions of Marcus Hyde? Discuss in the comments.
Just one little thought: how do we know this screenshot is not fake? O_o I've seen far worse accusations that turned out to be tottally BS, made up just because of "bad day"... Shit happens on both "sides"
An innocent person doesn't start backtracking, delete 90% their posts , then decide to delete their account. Not to mention, he's responded to people that have called him out saying vulgar stuff. This isn't the only thing he's supposedly done. Rape, sexual assault, threats of violence... But eh.
He just made his account private - makes sense in this situation. About other "stuff" - did he had any legal cases? Or is it just gossiping?
His account was gone for a day, so not just private, and only recently back. He deleted little over 400 posts, so that's a clear sign of guilt. Yes, there seems to be a case involving rape. Regardless, you're choosing the side of a predator so I imagine me providing facts won't help change your mind.
I'm not choosing sides, just investigating, as people tend to choose side rather than think and seek justice. So "seems to be" or there was one? It should be easy to link to court case files....
But you are just by your commentary. Sorry, I am a woman. I am a woman that has been sexually assaulted by a photographer when I was a model. I choose the side of a victim every time, no mater if the victim is a man or woman, because way more often than not these type of men DO get away with it. Which is why this guy Marcus is now backtracking. Besides, the IG page I gave (prior to the author editing to include it), diet_prada, doesn't fuck around. Because like them, and shit model management's blacklist, they give facts not slander - they have to verify information given. I'm not going to rummage through the stuff for you, do it yourself and find out the truth. Again, this is not the only accusation, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
So, now I have to believe you because you're a woman? And you're shifting burden of proof of your statements to the other side - now it looks like liar tactics... ;) I'm a science-based human being. so proof or it's mumbo-jumbo ;)
I'll tell you what, if you are a great photographer and a standup guy who every one likes to work with, people are likely to prop you up not to try and bring you down.
Rrright, and unicorns and fluffy glittery stuff ;) Everyone has enemies.
One way to prove that dms are real is to record a video of your phone.
But also, I think it's pretty obvious that those dms are real. This happens all the time.
I'm pretty sure it's real, but you know - even showing phone in court won't be legible (at least in Poland) - you need to provide hard proof, for example from Instagram itself - they have it on their servers ;)
As I mentioned above, I'm just worried, when people are ready to lynch someone without hard proof - it's not how just society works.
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So Instagram sided AGAINST the model, removing her post?! Wow. How messed up. Count on Instagram to do the wrong thing.
His account is just private now, not deleted as some have said - https://www.instagram.com/marcushyde/
Jason, is that you?