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No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 1 “America’s Most Wanted” (2008) It all started, kind of accidentally, with TuTchTmuse SeanDon. @seandon_e #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #SeanDon #TuTchTmuse

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 22 “We Hold These Truths” (2016) Longtime TuTchTmuse Kone Sindou had posted a picture shot by lensman Ricardo Nelson that seemed to touch on a theme I’d been contemplating for last July 4th’s installment of The American Swag series. Between the time I started working on the piece and when I completed it, the Philando Castile and Alton Sterling shootings hit the headlines. My intense emotions merged with Kone’s below-the-surface melancholy and this piece resulted. @thats_your_boykone @Lord_Horatio #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #KoneSindou #TuTchTmuse #WeHoldTheseTruths #shootings #YoungBlackAmericanMales #BlackLivesMatter #TheBurdenofTruth

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 17 Makan Fofana (2012) Makan’s steely stare inspired me to create a subset of the Desert Sentinel branch of the series I called “Black Ops” which would lean more towards an action-based narrative vibe. Makan definitely hit the target. @makanfofana #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #MakanFofana #DesertSentinels #BlackOps #SteelyStare

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 16 “The Weight of Stars” (2012) I first saw supermodel Conrad Bromfield on Model Mayhem before he was signed. I immediately saw the star quality and contacted him about working with him on an American Swag joint. Before I knew it he was snatched up by Mike Stallings’ UModels management and the rest is American history. “King Con” is killing the international Fashion Weeks as I’m writing this and he bears the weight of his stardom with an effervescent resilience. @conradbb @mikestallingsny @umodelsnyc #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #ConradBromfield #MikeStallings #Umodels #TuTchTFav #KingCon

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 15 “Wendell Lissimore (2012) For the 2012 Desert Sentinel joint I connected with another one of Red’s top models, Wendell Lissimore who had a great shoot with top lensman photog JD Forte that inspired me. @wendelllissimore @jdforte @theagentman_ @Red_Models #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #Wendelllissimore #RedModels #jdfortephotography

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 14 “Emergence: Plate 2” In 2012 I decided to subtly touch on the topic of slavery. I reached out a great South African model/actor Atta Junior who had done some amazing shots by photo Kwame Nkansah & explained that I wanted to work with a team from the African Continent for this piece and he immediately clicked with the idea. Atta remains a friend. @therealattajunior @voltageek #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #AttaJunior #KwameNkansah #Emergence #AfricanAmericanYoungMen

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 13 “Emergence: Plate 1” In 2012 I decided to subtly touch on the topic of slavery. I reached out a great South African model/actor Atta Junior who had done some amazing shots by photo Kwame Nkansah & explained that I wanted to work with a team from the African Continent for this piece and he immediately clicked with the idea. Atta remains a friend. @therealattajunior @voltageek #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #AttaJunior #KwameNkansah #Emergence #AfricanAmericanYoungMen

No words about this Inauguration Day… just 9 years of portraits of our American brothers. The TuTchT American Swag Series. Piece No. 12 Djourn Waters (2011) Another Service member, fitness model Djourn’s back pic was too powerful to pass up. (and how dope is his name…real talk!) This became my 4th and final 2011 piece. @djourn_water #TuTchT #TuTchTImaging #ThruTuTchTEyes #AmericanSwag #InaugaurationDay #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTFitnessModelPortraits #TuTchTPortraitSeries #MilitaryModels #DjournWaters