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TREAT Check the previous post for the “why” of this joint… and explanation of where I’ve been… and a glimpse of supernatural TuTchT Halloween conjuring Bwaaaahaha. This is the hooded visage of TuTchTmuse extraordinaire, NYC-based top international model Valentine Rontez (IMG) currently lending his powerful visual influence to the designers, creatives, lenses, runways & countless sets of eyes in Milan. @x.valentine @TuTchTIG #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #Halloween #ValentineRontez #TuTchTTreat #CandyCorn #HalloweenNostalgia #IndustryStalwarts #Valentineisback #TutchTmuse #ValentineTuTchT https://www.instagram.com/p/CVs9Ib0PJmx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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FLAG DAY COMMEMORATION for the gram . “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS” 2016 featuring TuTchTmuse, top fashion and fitness model (and NYC chef) Kone Sindou. Subject motivation: The unjustified killing of young Black males by Law Enforcement. (Part of my “TuTchT American Swag” portrait series.) . @thats_your_boykone @TuTchTig #LoJoWerkz #LoJoWerkzDaily Dope #DAILYDOPE #TuTchTIMAGING #AmericanSwag #TuTchTAmericanSwag #TuTchTModelPortraits #KoneSindou #TuTchTmuse #KoneTuTchT #TuTchTPortraitSeires #bkacklivesmatter #blm #police #policebrutality #WeHoldTheseTruths #FlagDay https://www.instagram.com/p/CBcJLHslFCh/?igshid=vfvgu82eihub

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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

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY — 🖤Gone for 3 years yet forever present!❤️ . For 3 years since Harry’s tragic passing, I’ve been posting images of him on the 11th of each month. I frequently create new TuTchT portraits. Last year’s portrait was mad elaborate and very well received. But to mark this 3rd anniversary of the day he left us, I’m going in the opposite direction (a decision I know he’s smiling about.) Instead of a stylized, highly curated, artistically rendered image of the bruv, today I’m posting candid shots and raw, un-retouched polaroids of Harry. No smoke and mirrors, no interpretation. Just Harry’s visual power in a pure state. . This un-retouched polaroid is part of Harry’s 2015 casting package for his mother agency Premiere, London. You can see Harry’s incredible magnetic quality naturally at work. These captures were credited to the Art+Commerce Agency. . If you’ve got some Harry pics repost them today! Google search results are still dominated by stories of his murder… let’s keep flooding the airwaves with his amazing work, wit, wisdom and stories of how he touched our lives so he’s remembered for the amazing things he brought to the world rather than the tragic way he left it prematurely. . @HarryUzoka @premiermodels @artandcommerce . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #PremiereModels #ArtandCommerce #TuTchTmuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryRemembranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6coSElLWJ/?igshid=16x1zvuu6yqic

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . 🤣 This pic. This guy. 🤣 Miss you,bruv. . Here’s a couple posts to honor our groundbreaking brother on Harry Uzoka Remembrance Day, the 11th. (the day of his murder, in Jan of 2018 at the age of 25) Hope to have another joint of my perpetual TuTchTmuse around to the holidays. . If you’ve got some Harry pics in your files, repost them today! Google search results are still dominated by stories of his murder… let’s keep flooding airwaves with his amazing work, wit, wisdom and stories of how he touched your life so he’s remembered for the amazing things he brought to the world rather than the tragic way he left it prematurely. . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrT5Q5FoN2/?igshid=15jisk0m9a1fc

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . Miss you. bruv. ❤️ . Here’s a couple posts to honor our groundbreaking brother on Harry Uzoka Remembrance Day, the 11th. (the day of his murder, in Jan of 2018 at the age of 25) Hope to have another joint of my perpetual TuTchTmuse around to the holidays. . If you’ve got some Harry pics in your files, repost them today! Google search results are still dominated by stories of his murder… let’s keep flooding airwaves with his amazing work, wit, wisdom and stories of how he touched our lives so he’s remembered for the amazing things he brought to the world rather than the tragic way he left it prematurely. . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrTdIrlLz7/?igshid=aklude87lvqy

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . Designer Raf Simons has been Creative Director at Christian Dior & Calvin Klein. He is currently Co-Creative Director of Prada with Miuccia Prada. In 2013 Mr. Simons ornamented our brother Harry with this contemporary twist on the tie. Harry was always wrapped in one kind of magic or another. . Miss you. bruv. ❤️ . Hope to have another joint around the holidays to honor my fallen muse. If you’ve got some Harry pics or memories in your files, repost them today! Let’s keep his WORK & EFFERVESCENT SPIRT in the forefront of the google searches rather than the tragedy of his 2018 murder. @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig @RafSimons . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #RafSimons #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #wrappedinmagic #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrTPOGlzRA/?igshid=155987qv9t80k

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . Each month around the 11th I sit down to create a post to remember my great muse Harry who was senselessly murdered on Jan 11th, 2018. And each month his beautiful spirit seems to be sittin there waiting for me to come take a deep analytical look at how the world has changed since his passing. I loved this brother in life and I’ve grown to love his memory and all he represents to a newer and different level. My monthly hours of commune with Harry is hard to put into words. I thank him for constantly giving back to me personally and to the world. . HELP ME POST on the 11TH OF EACH MONTH! I encourage the many, many people around the globe who were touched by Harry Uzoka to join me on the 11th of each month in posting pics and memories of Harry. He has an extensive body of professional work from his many years in the modeling industry and I’m sure many of his friends and associates have personal pics of Harry too. Post them! Tag them! Keeping his image in the search engines is an important part of keeping his legacy and memory vital. I HATE that searches of his name are still mostly bringing up stories about his murder. Let’s balance the flow with more recently posted pics, vids & posts about our amazing brother’s life and work! . This year’s November TuTchT portraits are designed from shots in a 2012 editorial early in Harry’s career for Ones2Watch, brilliantly shot by Hiro Kimura. This editorial also featured two other young models who also became longtime TuTchTFavs: O’Shea Robertson & Jeremy Boateng. . @HarryUzoka @hirokimura @onestowatch @jezzayisreal @oshearobertson . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #TuTchTMuse #RemembringHarry #Forevermymuse #HiroKimuraPhotography #HarryUzokaRemembranceDay #TopMaleModels #HarryUzokaTuTchT #Forerunner #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CHeUijgFMEZ/?igshid=ek6oqx68oig8

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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

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . My posts over the coming weeks will feature TuTchTfavs in black masks. Of course the bruv Harry is out in front. Miss you, brother. Thx for your monthly spiritual visitations to my lab. (More thoughts in the first comment.) . New Series: MASKEDunMASKED - As long as there is an invisible killer in our midst, it is important to keep your mouth and nose covered and your eyes uncovered! . Follow hashtags to catch posts when they drop: #TuTchT #TuTchTMASKEDunMASKED For the Harry Uzoka Remembrance posts on the 11th of each month: #HarryUzokaForever #HarryUzokaRembranceDay #HarryTuTchT . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #MASKEDunMASKED #TuTchTMASKEDunMASKED #COVID19 #saferathome #eyesopen #RacialDisparity #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CAEGX1-Fy3o/?igshid=1cjnuht068s3e

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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

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY I had planned to share Harry’s 2014 Ashish work today but my work schedule was too packed to do a new portrait. However… my sorely-missed brother’s “muse status” continues to operate full tilt on my soul. Just like from the first day I saw Harry, there’s something gripping about him…eternally gripping; something that speaks directly to the soul of humanity, simultaneously comforting and challenging us. There was always a childlike openness in his face that remains magnetic but at the same time, a fearlessness to take on societal challenges; bringing the axiom “a child shall lead them” to life, even moreso in Harry’s murder. . Thank you for your continued impact, my eternally young bruv. Miss you, man. . (This TuTchT joint is based on backstage images of Harry at the Ashish SS15 show, London Fashion Week. See previous post for more info about this historic show which Harry opened.) . @HarryUzoka @Ashish @meinkeklein @tutchtig @LondonFashionWeek #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #Ashish #AshishGupta #LondonFashionWeek #HistoricRunwayShows #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/Byl2m0jlrCU/?igshid=1i9olqoej45mu

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY (Scroll forward and backwards for this month’s Harry posts.) Harry was my artistic muse for many years. From the first time I encountered his images at the earliest stages of his modelling career to the day my world was shaken by news of his murder, he remained one of the most important symbols of my overall life’s work & purpose: the exploration and deconstruction of the African-American Male archetype. And he remains. (He was also one of the most intellectually and spiritually curious young brothers I’ve met in my 10+ years working with male models of color, along with generously sharing the infectious effervescence he was widely known for.) . The modelling industry for young men of color is arguably the most temporal careers possible. The images, no matter how brilliant, are wiped away by the machine which churns out new manufactured tastes and trends several times a year. So one of the things I committed to do in honor of my brother Harry was to share his work on my social media pages each month on the 11th (the day he was taken from us.) This will insure that his powerfully affecting image will re-enter the cyber search engines and continue to inspire new viewers. His personal affect on those of us lucky enough to have interacted with him is, of course deeper and even more long lasting, but for one born to be seen, it is my way of extending the power of his purpose. . Love ya, bro. Thank you for continuing to bless me with your uniquely powerful energies. . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/B1C7Ut9FH_o/?igshid=546cdparci2i

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MODEL FAM - VALENTINE, YOUSSOUF BAMBA & MOROCCO B TuTchTFam Valentine linked up with the uniquely lit Youssouf Bamba and newcomer Morocco B for the “New American Classic” editorial for Highsnobiety in April. Lensman Dennis Tejero captured the trio & Eric Cano made the great casting decisions. . Valentine is repped exclusively by IMG in New York, LA, Milan & London. Youssouf Bamba broke into the industry with Red Models. He’s now repped by DNA Models in NYC, The Face in Paris, I Love Models Mgmt in Milan and AMCK Models in London. Morocco B is a fellow DNA boy & also repped by The Claw in Paris. @x.valentine @djbamba_ @moroccobrittt @highsnobiety @dennistejero @imgmodels @dnamodels #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #Valentine #TuTchTMuse #ValentineRontez #YoussoufBamba #MoroccoB #HighSnobiety #DennisTejeroPhotography #IMGModels #DNAModels #TopMaleModelsofColor #ValentineTuTchT #YoussoufBambaTuTchT #TuTchTYellow https://www.instagram.com/p/BybaP7AllbG/?igshid=fcgax8prp81h

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HAPPY BORNDAY YAHROCK BATES #TB 👑Yah Yah👑 TuTchTjoints for fam’s BornDay Yah Yah has been one of my favs for years, from the day I first saw him at the very beginning of his journey many years ago, back when he was still based in South Carolina, before he was looming over Times Square, before he was signed to half a dozen agencies around the globe, before he became the face of countless top brands & top designers, the most recent of which are @ToddSnyderNY @Champion @Gap, among many others! His skills as a model are obvious and undeniable, but I also gotta point out that even as his following continues to rise above the 5-digit mark, this guy still takes time to stay in touch & respond to my often-random messages. In my experience, this kind of diligent interaction is rare among those with a following of this size. It’s among many of his rare qualities that make him such a gift to the planet. If you don’t already, follow this brother! This is going to be his biggest year yet. Watch. (By the way, I sometimes forget… how fkkin lit is the name “Yahrock” ?!!!!! Big ups to his parental lifegivers/namegivers on this important day!) @_Yah_Yah @crawfordmodels #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #YahrockBates #TuTchTmuse #HappyBornDayYahYah #TopMaleModels #TopInternationalModels #TopMaleModelsofColor #RunwayKings #TuTchTFavs #TuTchTModelPortraits #YahYah https://www.instagram.com/p/BvaTda4FuBv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yhu15fslhnyk

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY It was the last day of London Fashion Week SS15. It was a good but “safe” week in terms of fashion. in the words of one fashion critic, the collections were in need of some kind of icing on the cake. Enter Ashish Gupta. His colorful, sparkling collection of sequined urban streetwear adorned with Swarovski crystals hit the runway with a daringly cast all-black collection of top models. (The under-representation of models of color was beginning to reach a boiling point.) . In the words of Nowfashion.com’s Nabil Aliffi, In a week in need of some icing, “Ashish Gupta takes the cake at London Fashion Week , and he is having it by the pound.” And our brother Harry, who’s career was about 3 years into its skyrocketing trajectory, was selected to walk in the venerated “opening” slot, an honor made even more noteworthy since a male model is rarely selected to open shows featuring majority female models. . Here’s a quick look at Harry’s historic walk. Although his career and life were cut short by a senseless act of violence, the history of Perception and Representation were in the best of hands on that day. Thank you Mr. Gupta for your inspired collections and inspired casting. THANK YOU, HARRY! You are missed, brother! . @HarryUzoka @Ashish @LondonFashionWeek #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #Ashish #AshishGupta #LondonFashionWeek #HistoricRunwayShows #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/Byl1eQfFCYM/?igshid=uj1ybpvwaq87