Romi Rain: When Rain began performing, the industry was starting to accept tattooed performers. Early to performer-owned content, and truly owning her own brand and persona, she has helped pave the way for indie success.
Killshot, a.k.a. Scott Owens: Killshot is perhaps best known for creating Erotic BPM, a.k.a. RaverPorn, the first explicitly alt membership site in the late '90s. He was early to social features and his SpicePlay project helped popularize tagging adult content and pioneered the platform model of revenue sharing with models. Killshot has had a large influence on the structure of sharing and monetizing adult content, which is utilized by every premium social media platform today.
Casey Kisses: With ever-changing hair color and a motorcycle club background, which are documented in her biopic Casey: A True Story, Kisses has made a mark on the industry as both an alt and trans talent. One of the top trans performers on Chaturbate, Kisses has helped popularize scenes of trans performers with cis women and helped break down barriers in the variety of adult production.
Ashley Fontenot: Fontenot was one of a handful of female photographers shooting alternative erotica in the early 2000s heyday of altporn membership sites and one of the only photographers to widely license her work, helping to popularize the aesthetic. She was also one of the first artists to mix altmodels with fetish, glam, and vintage pinup.
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