He lived a double life: shooting advertisements and documenting art collections by day, cruising the bathhouses and gay bars of the city by night.
The baths were a small-town municipal project, but they ended up being used for fashion shoots and advertisements for luxury goods.
Only a fraction of beautiful people actually make a living from their looks, from fashion shoots, cosmetics advertisements and runway jobs, say experts on the fashion industry.
The home has been used for a variety of shoots, including advertisements for Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware and Victoria Secret's Pink line.
The latter fee would ensure a "lead role" in the picture, invitations to film festivals, participation in promotional photo shoots and advertisements for magazines, according to the email.
Mr. Zhao, who continues to support himself by shooting television advertisements, said he had no illusions that his films would ever make him much money.
For those who remember Versus of the early '90s, when Ms. Versace designed the line and Joe McKenna did the styling and Bruce Weber shot the advertisements, Mr. Kane's free approach seems just right.
After the endorsements, Schilling kept an active presence on the trail, even shooting an advertisement on McCain's behalf.
The shoes are only part of a wider collection of auto-inspired clothing and accessories, seen in a series of advertisements shot by the fashion photographer, Steven Meisel.
In the previous two months, he'd been home only a few days, amid a whirlwind of travel around Europe and North America to give talks and to shoot promotions and advertisements for his various sponsors.
