The decision to post pictures that include their face is likely a tough and delicate one for most providers.  On the one hand, a provider who posts pictures of her face publicly risks an employer, a spouse, or their family discovering what they do for a living.  On the other hand, pictures of a woman's face can enhance her earning potential especially if she has a great face.  I know that from a personal perspective I am more likely to see someone who has posted pictures of their face.  I am also less likely to be dissapointed in the appointment.

There are a couple of possible solutions that I'd like to propose.

#1  Providers could offer to send pictures of their face to those who ask providing that they have verified them for a potential appointment.

#2  A secure site administered by an independant third party or the provider herself could be used to include pictures of provider's faces.  Only verified individuals would be allowed to access the site.

I'd like to hear from providers and hobbyists regarding these solutions or other possible solutions.  The conflict between the hobbyists desire to see fully whom he's agreeing to see, should be balanced with the provider's understandable desire for privacy.

your solution seems simple but the fact remains that once the picture is available anywhere in digital format, it is too easily posted to other forums. One potential client may decide that he is posting a provider picture for the greater good of his buddies...his action then opens the photo to thousands of potential other postings finally resulting in the same situation the girl was looking to avoid.
There is no way to completely block the ability to copy an on-line picture.

I do not show my face and love it.  I have seen a lot of providers in their personal life and only idenified them because I saw their face on a provider website.  I don't want that type of attention in my life.  If a gentlemen can not respect that and my face is a make or break for him then I am not the right provider for him.  Once someone has your photo you have no control over what the person does with it.

Frankly I don't see any workable solution to this situation.  the word "verified" is pretty meaningless in this situation. What does it mean? a "verified" person will never take those face pictures and send them to others via back channel? A "verified" guy will never change his mind after he sees the lady's pictures? "Secure site" define secure. As long as human beings are involved no site is secure.

Until the dawn of the internet we knew virtually nothing about the lady that we were about to pay for sex. The expectation of full disclosure is simply not realistic simply because we live in the information age. Some things will still remain a mystery until we are face to face with the provider.
Honestly, it's never been an issue for me. If I see a lady and her looks don't measure up to what my preferences are I simply don't see her again.

completely agree with Camille here..once it's "out there"..it's always going to be "out there" and who knows for what use...

I , personally, in all cases of discretion believe "plausible deniablility" should be maintained at all times..

As others have explained above, there is no win-win solution to the provider who wishes to protect her identity by obscuring her face and clients who feel they must see a provider's face before booking an appointment.  
Screen captures + right click + various obscure & private membership hobby boards = no provider is safe when posting her face online.

Just this evening during office hours, cleaning out my inboxes I noticed emails from upstart escort malls which had harvested my candid photographs (face included in a few) and placed them on various unauthorized profiles which I will have to spend the next few days cleaning up.

If a provider is concerned with remaining anonymous (or anonymous as possible considering our IPs, MAC addresses, paid advertisements, phone accounts, hotel stays and other virtual footprints ensure that someone somewhere knows that Jane Doe is Holly Hobby the escort) and she does not show her face online she would be an absolute fool to send emails with unedited/cropped photographs to potential clients.  Back channel is real, we all know where these boards are and we all know what occurs on them.

Personally, I am "out" - nearly everyone in my life knows what I'm up to; while my family and friends don't condone or accept my behavior they're aware of it.   In my personal life I choose to surround myself by people who are sophisticated enough to realize that sex work is a valuable, essential service- a therapy of sorts.
Perhaps it is my youth speaking but I'm fairly certain that I'll never be a soccer mom, I'll never be a politician and when this chapter of my life is closed I will not be ashamed of it or my choices.

I am discouraged by some from doing it - but I love to show my face which is why I choose to in advertisements (although I do not on my static website).  Admittedly I have been recognized, I was recognized and emailed the following day as recently as a few weeks ago by a non-client while with my boyfriend at a downtown bar.  Obviously this is problematic and something that I will continue to take into consideration with each instance of advertisement that reveals my face.
It's very difficult reconciling the necessity of discretion and what I'd like to continue sharing periodically/what clients enjoy me sharing.  
My face is my best feature,  its pretty and its expressive, I love to wear makeup and do it exactly as it is in my photographs daily and frankly my bookings see an influx every time I "peek" out.
I've changed quite a bit recently physically in the past seven months; I very much enjoy sharing that, sharing my joy- and it registers in my face & complexion in a way that no pose from my body ever could.

It's a personal decision but I think that providers who choose to do it need to have a firm grasp of the repercussions before they do it - it's like being a little pregnant or a little dead: there is no such thing.  Once you're "out", you're really "out".

If a client is incapable of being with a woman who is not facially attractive to him he should stick to providers who show themselves entirely in their advertisements and websites as a rule of thumb, period.

"On the other hand, pictures of a woman's face can enhance her earning potential especially if she has a great face."

There is always a price to pay reguardless of the initial payout.

There are ladies who do not mind showing their face mostly because their two lives collaborate each other and they are comfortable with the lifestyle although there are others who are not willing to jeapordize their other life reguardless of the earning potential.

That idea is just ludicrous to me. Already there are several pictures, minute to minute play by play details in the reviews, email and phone communication. .
I wasnt around but I heard in the old days (like the 80's) prior to the internet it was a number in the yellow pages and those men seemed to make it just fine.
There is just too much info out there and the need for more more more is killing the mystery/thrill of it all!

Best of luck! Good topic.
Brooke

Good to see you out and about one the Boston board!