The Guardian's Hadley Freeman has suggested the widespread unwillingness to hold photographers accountable is related to their stature in the industry. "For reasons I’ve never understood," she wrote last year, "photographers are treated like gods in the fashion world." By contrast, all but the most famous of models are treated as disposable.

In the past, the risks always seemed greatest for amateur models working with no-name photographers: serial killers Rodney Alcala, William Bradford and Harvey Glatman all posed as fashion photographers to lure their victims to private places. But the rash of big-name photographers accused of misconduct in the last few years suggests that fashion isn't even safe at the highest echelons.

Last year, following the example of LVMH, Tapestry Inc.—the parent company of Coach and Kate Spade—drew up a detailed charter designed to protect models that included the prohibition of closed sets and the requirement for models under 18 to bring a chaperone to work. That's a good start, but it doesn't help models looking for jobs online, like the ones Marcus Hyde allegedly targeted for abuse via social media.

Instagram took swift action against Hyde, suspending his account “for violating our sexual solicitation policies.” And after reading the many stories about Hyde that came out after Sunnaya Nash had come forward, Kim Kardashian released a statement condemning her one-time friend and collaborator, and applauding the women for speaking out.

So far, most celebrities who have worked with Hyde—including Chance the Rapper, Kanye West and Donald Glover—have stayed frustratingly silent on the matter. But until there are bigger, louder and angrier responses to these kinds of incidents, and until there are real repercussions for the perpetrators, there can be no doubt that models of all genders will be left vulnerable to exploitation at the hands of creeps with cameras.

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