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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 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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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

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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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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

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY Thank you for being a part of worldwide Black History! Miss ya’ bruv. . This TuTchT piece is based on an outtake shot by Alexandra Leese for a CLIENT Magazine editorial in Feb of 2014 featuring Harry & his close homie, fellow model Chuck Achike. Chuck and Harry were always FIRE together, on the page, on the screen, and in the real world. . @HarryUzoka @alexleese @Clientmagazine @_chuckjunior . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTmuse #TuTchTModelPortraits #HarryandChuck #AlexandraLeese #ClientMagazine #TopMaleModelsofColor #BlackHistory #BlackFashionHistory #BlackBoyJoy #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaTuTchT #TuTchTMuses #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLUOE6lLK7/?igshid=16sjseipfjryn

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . Designed from a 2012 Nike Sportswear Athletics “Far East” ad Harry landed very early in his career. Even in his first forays into the industry, his magnetism was hella strong. . ——- Today’s two Harry Remembrance joints kick off a flow of TuTchT portrait reposts of some of my favorite bros in Blue I’ve designed over the years. The COVID, stimulus-held-hostage-by-politicians economy is taking a fairly big toll on me but the grind is real & constant. The plan is for the BLUE portrait reposts to continue until election day. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE ya’ll!!!! @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #TuTchTBLUE #NIKE #NikeFarEastThrowback #VOTEVOTEVOTE #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNV81zl9cU/?igshid=1a8r8pmyiwalx

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . Designed from one of Harry’s many Zara ads in the 2015 season. He was one of their top male models for multiple seasons. . ——- Today’s two Harry Remembrance joints kick off a flow of TuTchT portrait reposts of some of my favorite bros in Blue I’ve designed over the years. The COVID, stimulus-held-hostage-by-politicians economy is taking a fairly big toll on me but the grind is real & constant. The plan is for the BLUE portrait reposts to continue until election day. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE ya’ll!!!! @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #RunwayKings #TuTchTBLUE #Zara #VOTEVOTEVOTE #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNVWRQFmrI/?igshid=14p39mvh764me

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY . “…but braver angels” . This piece is the result of another invaluable communion with my brother muse on the 11th of this month. The memory of someone unjustly taken from you is a particularly powerful kind of magic. Thank you, Harry. (I drew visual inspiration from a 2015 editorial for Notion Magazine entitled “When We Were Kids” put together by Ayishat A Akanbi with photography by photog Vincent Dolman. The shoot also featured poet/emcee Kojey Radical who Harry also turned me onto.) @HarryUzoka @vincentdolman @ayishat_akanbi @notion @TuTchTig . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #TuTchTMuse #RememberingHarry #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #GroundbreakingModels #HarryUzokaTuTchT #Forerunner #butbraverangels #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CFELrkvlB_6/?igshid=6hdwpsc7p5u9

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY. . The 11th of each month seems to roll around much quicker in these odd times. I haven’t been on social media much this past month but as hectic (and CRAZY) as these world-changing, rebuilding times have become, the hours I’ve set aside 12 times a year to honor my muse has become a unique kind of respite and reflection. . Harry’s vibrant, inquisitive, forward-thinking mind has come to represent so much to me in his absence. I would tell him he was “the future.” - the depth of that insight is mind-blowing. I would love to pick his brain on the many changes the world has gone through in 2020 and remind him again of his forerunner status. In many ways his career moves were laying the groundwork for the worldwide BLM movement which would follow. . I often feel Harry leaning in to observe what’s going on in the world today; intently analyzing, making witty observations & wise speculations. I chose the somber, thoughtful Harry for this month’s portrait but I’ve no doubt today’s historic announcement of Kamala Harris as Biden’s running mate in the US Presidential corrective Election would have brought out Harry’s world-famous smile. . Miss you, brother. @HarryUzoka #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #TuTchTMuse #RememberingHarry #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #LeaningIn #GroundbreakingModels #HarryUzokaTuTchT #Forerunner #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxRKvilYBe/?igshid=xzq5w2wqppec

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HARRY UZOKA REMEMBRANCE DAY Not only do we recognize your distinct footprints in the ground-broken streets we’re walking right now, we also feel you marching with us. . Thank you, brother, for knocking down so many of the unseen barriers in the game of “presenting the ideal male” to the eyes of the world. Check out the fruits of your labor!!! . @HarryUzoka @TuTchTig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #HarryUzoka #RememberingHarry #TuTchTMuse #TopMaleModelsofColor #TopUKMaleModels #Forerunner #BlackLivesMatter #WalkWithUs #RacialJustice #HarryTuTchT #HarryUzokaRemebranceDay #BLM #HarryUzokaForever https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTwt1jF0kB/?igshid=454mmjk18fd7