Rxandy Capinpin's Official Statement

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I always say to my students: To have a proper portfolio, you need to get a professional model. To get a professional model, you need to pay them up.

I love my job, as a fashion photographer and an instructor, it allows me to push my creativity beyond its limit, realize concepts no matter how unconventional other may deem them to be and above all it gave me an opportunity to meet amazing people who shares the same passion.

It is thru my job that i met Jeremy in a collaboration shoot we did a year ago. Through handler Chiqui Gil, Jeremy was invited to join the team, and he agreed to join the shoot.

Fashion people knows the concept of a collaboration shoot… the entire team -- consisting of models, stylists, makeup artist, photographer, and hairstylists -- organized a collaboration shoot primarily for their portfolio and secondary for submission to magazines or newspaper for publication.

Our photo shoot with Jeremy and other models was submitted to a major daily in time for the opening of the school year since our peg was Back-to-School fashion. But there were other editorials that were lined up during the weeks of June 2013 so our editorial was pushed back every week until it was already July. That was the reason why we had to wait for the opening of a new school year to push for our editorials publishing.

As per policy, publications issue payments to the team members of an editorial in the form of a personal check only after the pictures are published. That is why I, together with everyone involved in the shoot, have not received any amount for the said shoot (PAYMENT AFTER ONE MONTH OF RELEASE OF EDITORIAL).

Jeremy has been calling and texting me for his tf for the said project. Though I am not obliged to pay him, I took it upon myself to give him his expected amount.

Time went by, text messages were exchanged, calls were made, entertained and others were missed… until May 16 when posted on his FB account about the matter. It was an unfortunate exchange of explanations, string of emotions and equally strong words, most of which i regret that i even posted, for they were lapse of judgement on my part during those specific moments that i felt misunderstood, attacked and judged, specially by people who doesn't even know how the story came into being.

I can go on and on explaining my side of the story, and people can continue to give their opinions and worst ridicule, but my heart and spirit are broken because at the end of the day this is where i end up in my intention of the task of paying up Jeremy his tf even if none of us involved in the shoot has received a single cent

I have no motive in ignoring or hiding from Jeremy, as what most people perceived it to be and made it appear to be because, let us put the record straight, I DONT OWE JEREMY ANY AMOUNT. For the times that Jeremy assumed or perceived that i ignored him or hid from him i would like continue to say that it was not my intention.

It is my earnest desire that this issue comes to rest. Moreover it is my prayer that people reading all the posts about this matter would be informed enlightened before they form judgement on both Jeremy and me.