2020 - THE WINTER THAT STAYED . You’d think the million megawatt smile of London-based model MONTELL MARTIN would melt the frozen environs of my “The Winter That Stayed” series. But we good cause his chill factor and equally off the charts. This brother NEVER fails to make me smile whether he’s dropping brilliant fashion work, displaying his ever-present goofiness on his socials or dropping lyrical wit in the studio and a burgeoning emcee climbing the ranks in the UK Rap game. . Montell is repped in his London home by: @selectmodellondon, in Paris by @newmadisonmodels, in Milan by @EliteModelWorld, and in Chicago and LA by @selectmodelchicago & @selectmodellosangeles . This joint was designed from a shot captured during Montell’s Fall campaign for @BershkaCollection. . Check out the following post to see whats behind this Winter Chill series. (6 new TuTchT joints droppied this weekend! Follow #TuTchT to see them & my other work when they drop) . @montellmartin_ @tutchtig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #MontellMartin #TheWinterThatStayed #SaferAtHome #WinterChill #Bershka #TuTchTModelPortraits #SeasonofSheltering #TuTchTFav #Covid19 #TopMaleModels #TopBlackModels #MontellMartinTuTchT #2020TheWinterThatStayed https://www.instagram.com/p/CABM9Hql7vn/?igshid=ydh13k9m3lbf

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

REMEMBERING HARRY UZOKA . Here’s the third installment of my TuTchT Comics Casting portrait of my brother Harry as super hero of color “Batwing.” As one of my greatest muses, I had several different options of images of Harry as Batwing in my files. As it turned out, my Comics Casting collabo with a Harry proved to be my last. His senseless murder took him from us only months later. For the past two years I’ve revisited those unused options.and, as ever, Harry lights up the room & ignites my imagination. His hard-to-describe powers of communicating volumes through a simple, wordless image are still in full effect. Thank you, brother. . ——- MORE COMICS CASTING PORTRAITS are on the drawing board, nearing completion. To read about why I engage in the yearly practice of creating portraits of models of color costumed as superheroes of color, you can scroll back through my posts. Its a fun, fanboy kind of practice, but with a deep-rooted purpose at its core. . It’s been a mad busy couple months here in the TuTchT/LoJoWerkz lab as I’m working around the clock to bring our musical based on the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, “A Song of Greenwood” to audiences in 2021. The “Comics Casting” series, as inconsequential as it may appear of the surface, is an important tradition of my purpose. So stay tuned for the rest of the week. . . @HarryUzoka @dccomics #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #GreatestMaleModels #TopMaleModelsofColor #TuTchTComicsCasting #ModelPortraits #HarryUzokaTuTchT #TopModelsofColorCastasSuperherosofColor #Batwing #TuTchTModelPortraits #CostumingtheModels #KingUzoka #HarryUzokaRemembranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/B59MqixFZ5e/?igshid=reppfz0py1cp

HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY No matter how much madness is going on in the world or in my personal life, I always look forward to those few days around the 11th of each month when I know I’ll sit for a number of hours at my drawing board and experience the smiles. laughter, self-reflection and inspiration that Harry always brought me… and continues to bring me. This practice accomplishes my main purpose of keeping Harry’s impressive body of work and image circulating through cyberspace, expanding his impact. But I also find that it continues to have a healing and renewing impact on me personally. Harry is literally still giving me what he gave me for those number of years we were blessed to be connected. Thank you, bruv. . This month’s Harry Remembrance TuTchT joint is based on a shot from Harry’s Pull & Bear Star Wars campaign that launched in 2015 in the lead up to the premiere of The Force Awakens. My remembrance portraits tend to be brand-free so the focus remains on Harry himself, but the work is still just a google away. I encourage everyone to take some time to explore Harry’s work to see the magic this young, now revered, brother always brought to the camera. . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #PullandBear #StarWars #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cVSMSlxGS/?igshid=ys2fu4vemj9j

REMEMBERING HARRY UZOKA Each month on the 11th I feel you lookin back at me with your endlessly curious mind and impish grin, hahaha checkin up me. The amazing gifts you gave us all during your too-short life were cemented and amplified in the moment you were taken from this earth in a senseless act of violence. We all hope you approve of how we spend our days, what we choose to analyze and deconstruct, what we’re building, how we’re impacting humanity and how much joy we’re planting and nurturing into the world and into our own souls. . Feelin’ you today, bruv. Always. (This joint was created from images of Harry captured for the Summer-2015 Lazy Oaf Look Book.) @harryuzoka . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #LazyOafLookBook #TopMaleModels #TheEleventh #KingUzoka #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/B3gR2WXlYPC/?igshid=1xmrrnxe2j0cg

GEORGE OKENY, one of the newest official members of our American Family!!! HUGE S/O to the eye-grabbing, soul-inspiring George Okeny on his recently-acquired citizenship, a very important and long-coming step on his storied journey. Although he has been an American icon of the Fashion Industry for some time —- evidenced most recently by his work as the face of SEVERAL of Ralph Lauren’s recent campaigns (google him to see his brilliant work with his son Zola, who is himself already a ground-breaking member of the Family of African-American Male Models, becoming the youngest model to have debuted at New York Fashion Week in 2018 at only 5 months old… working with father George and Moms, Yanii Gough, also a successful model of Haitian-American descent.) . I have a warm spot in my soul for Mr. Okeny for numerous reasons, not the least of which is his difficult journey across the globe as Sudanese Refugee, making him one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan.” Check out what he wrote on his page: . “I’m so happy to announce that as of today I’m a United States citizen, I wanna thank all my family and friends who have been supporting me on this journey. For those who don’t understand the truth about being a refugee please do some research or ask me!! No longer will I miss big campaigns overseas no longer will I miss any family emergency’s or special event because I couldn’t just fly out whenever I want. To all my refugees don’t worry I will always speak up and now will be able to invest and help more then before.” - George Okeny . This TuTchT joint is designed from George’s cover shot for the current issue of GMaro Magazine, shot (as was the previous YahYah joint) by mad-talented photog Mark Elzey. The issue bears the important moniker of “The Refugee Issue.” George is repped by Alex at @systemagency @Afrekh @markelzey @gmaromagazine @zolaokeny @yaniicharms_ @systemagency #TuTchTImaging #TuTchT #ThruTuTchTEyes #GeorgeOkeny #SudaneseAmericanModels #GMaroMagazine #MarkElzeyPhotography #TopMaleModelsofColor #LostBoysofSudan #RalphLauren #Polo #GeorgeandZolaOkeny TopAmericanModels #TuTchTFav #SystemAgency #GeorgeOkenyTuTchT https://www.instagram.com/p/B3gRXTGlUgi/?igshid=ex6lhtfwgxw9

HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY One of my favorite Harry Uzoka rep jobs was when he embodied (& bodied) Pharrell’s G Star Raw demin label. Harry’s combination of qualities (I’ll avoid the list of adjectives, hahaha, you can scroll thru my timeline for my attempts at describing Harry’s magical ability to connect) seemed a perfect match for the brand and its celebrity co-owner. Universe-conscious, visually unique and familiar at the same time, and of course, cool as fukk. . This joint is a TuTchT creation based on G Star Raw ads from 2016. . @HarryUzoka @gstarraw @gstarraw_usa @gstarraw_uk @pharrell #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #GstarRaw #Pharrell #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse#TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/B1C7ls3FmpR/?igshid=19is07s5epx0q

MODEL FAM - PRINCE DEL One of the greatest faces to emerge from the Australian continent over the past several years is the chisled-featured, swag-drippy, cookasfuk brother Prince Del. After several years of eye-catching work in Sydney he burst onto the international scene in London, opening the “A-COLD-WALL” S/S 19 show and subsequently went on to storm Milan, Paris, Amsterdam and NYC. His no-fucks-given vibe perfectly merges with the iconography of Classic Street Culture in this shot from his portfolio. What’s doper than Prince Del topping a pale yellow 1979 Mercedes W126? . Prince is repped by Chadwick Models in Sydney (Mother Agency,) HEROES Model Management (New York) Rock Men (Paris) CREW Model Management (Milan) Next London (London) & Brooks Modeling (Amsterdam) @princesanity1 @chadwickmodels @nextmodelslondon @heroesmodels @rockmenmodel @crewmodelmanagement @brooksmodelingagency #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #PrinceDel #Prince #TuTchTFav #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopAustralianModels #ChadwickModels #HeroesModelManagement #RockMenModels #CrewModelManagement #NextModels #BrooksModelManagement #TopMaleModels #StreetCulture #Mercedes #MercedesW126 #PrinceDelTuTchT #TuTchTYellow https://www.instagram.com/p/BybZ6CUFJ0X/?igshid=1icaqddgm85gq