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New Miss Koi

So Miss Koi shot with the talented Doss Tidwell today and here are a few of the images. Hit her up on Twitter and let her know what you think.

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Bria The Beachcomer - Outtake

This is a shot of Bria that didn't make it into J'Adore Magazine. There are dozens of pics that could have made the cut, but didn't because there just wasn't space and the goal of this was to show off swimsuits, not models. So you guys will be the beneficiaries of this glut in coming weeks, lol.
You can reach Bria on Twitter here.

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Alysha Young - The New Girl

I promised more of Alysha - this is one the photos I took of her for J'Adore Magazine's latest issue. She is featured as the Creme De La Creme in the issue. She was a great model. When the sun started to set and everybody else was packing up, she was still going strong without a complaint. Now that's professionalism. (DVD Extra: there was small editorial battle as to which model would get to have the “surfboard shot.” It was tight but Bria got it; however, Alysha got her own feature so everybody won.) (Click to enlarge)

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Suelyn Medeiros

Another exclusive from the J’Adore Magazine shoot. Happy You can reach Suelyn on Twitter here. (Click to enlarge) Edit: Link correction for Twitter page (she tweets a lot, so it’s some interesting reading)

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Another J'Adore Exclusive

This is one of my favorite shots from the shoot. I love the colors and styling thanks to M&A Style. So rarely do we see urban models just laughing and having a good time like the women in a J. Crew catalog. Again, thanks to Taneish Leslie and J’Adore Magazine for believing in this idea. (Click to enlarge - this one you gotta see big to appreciate)

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Tear Sheet in New Issue of J'Adore

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I was fortunate enough to shoot a swimsuit layout in the latest issue of J'Adore magazine - the Sports Issue, which will be on newsstands in the next week or so. I have to give a big shout out to the editor Taneish Leslie for giving me this opportunity.

The idea behind this editorial was to bring that clean, natural aesthetic you see so often in Sport's Illustrated to a layout of video vixens. No baby oil, no thongs, no artificial lighting. Just beauty and sunlight. (I never felt the urban magazines had really done justice to the traditional beach shoot (see, KING’s botched Dollicia cover).)

In the coming days I’ll be posting high res photos from this shoot, including outtakes that didn’t make it into the mag. Thanks to Bria, Alysha and Suelyn for some great modeling.

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Diznee At The Gym

Does anyone (other than me) find it a little odd that Diznee has never been in any other major urban mag but SHOW... 39
At any rate, I’ve always thought this girl had that something “extra” that keeps people’s attention.

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Bonus candid:

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Esther Baxter - Free Willy!

One of my favorite Esther sets because of the colors and playful theme. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard much from her these days. 39

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(Revised) Bria's New SHOW Mag Pics

I grabbed these revised scans from CutieCentral’s interview with Bria. These are the latest photos of Bria Myles from SHOW magazine. Bravo to CC for these scans, which are top quality. (Click to enlarge)

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More Sabrina Hunter

Here's what: I'm going to continue posting pics of this girl until people stop asking for more. In other words, be prepared for more Sabrina posts, lol. (Click to enlarge)

Hit her up on Twitter here.

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The Return of Alexis to SHOW

These were first seen at ClicknSpark and you can see the rest there.. I took BTB's scan and color corrected it slightly and made some other minor adjustments, but his originals are quite good. Click to enlarge.

Alexa’s Myspace.
Alexa’s Twitter.

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Nia Long's PETA Ad

I’m not really a fan of Nia Long’s, but this is a nice ad and I really don’t want this site to become about nothing but booty, so enjoy! (Click to enlarge - scan by yours truly)

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More Nils Artwork

More urban artwork by the extremely talented Nils. First pic: unknown model • Second pic: Kimmi Kennedy • Third pic: Joanna Shari • Fourth pic: Solei. (Click to enlarge)


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Brianna Lloyd - Worth a Second Look

I met Brianna Lloyd through Koi. She's going to be featured in the revival issue of KING magazine and has been pretty busy lately making moves. This very recent candid from her Myspace page shows that she is a formidable entrant in the urban modeling game.

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Brittany Dailey

Brittany Dailey kinda grew on me. I think she’s a natural beauty and all, but I always thought she was better suited to commercial work than urban modeling. However, she falls in the weird cross section where she’s a little too thick for mainstream commercial work, but not thick enough to stand out in the urban world (see also, Chanta Patton, Mia Michelle).

Ironically, she’s now teaching urban modeling in photographer Nick Saglimbeni’s ModelKamp. Just goes to show you how much I know. Take a look at BlackMen’s website to see more of Brittany.

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Angel Davis

One of my favs, compliments of BlackMen magazine. You can reach Angel on Myspace here.

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Miss Koi - Encore

Based on reaction to the first pic yesterday, here is one more from this set...

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Put Up Your Dukes

Let Miss Koi know what you think on her Twitter Page. This pic actually enlarges to a very large size, so click away.

(Credits • Photography: Indo • Make-Up: Tai Jackson-Young • Styling: Ashley North of M&A Style)

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Melissia Hill - One of The First Models I Shot

The funny thing is, at the time I really didn't think she was all that, but she was actually a really good model and beautiful in a way I couldn’t appreciate yet.

I was looking at a lot of Sports Illustrated in those days and the big thing was blowing out the background, so I went out and rented a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 because that's what I had seen Walter Iooss using in those SI making of videos. Anyway, looking back on it, it wasn't so bad. Largely due to her no doubt.

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Friday Night Sabrina

More Sabrina Hunter, just because...
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Maliah Michel Mandingo Root Commercial

This is a primo gig for an urban model. Congrats to Maliah Michel. This was first seen on ClicknSpark.

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Charity Hill

Continuing my trend of posting blasts from the past, this is Charity Hill from the movie "Gang of Roses" and the LL Cool J's “Who do you love?” video. This girl was the bomb.com back in the day, believe it.

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Joanna P. - Last Hurrah?

The last time I communicated with her, she was considering retirement. Let's hope not. These are her latest from SHOW Girlz Exclusive.
You can check out this voluptuous Latina on her website. Click to enlarge. (This isn’t everything - visit SHOW’s website to see the entire set. )

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Megan Fusako Gaines

One of my favorites... (click to enlarge)

Pic compliments of me and Tara Copeland (hair stylist). This series of photos appeared in Sophisticates Black Hair.

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Former Fly Girl - Jossie Thacker

The Fly Girls on In Living Color were the top tier of yesteryears video vixen. That’s where J Lo got her start, as well as lesser known Jossie Thacker. I’m biased, but I still believe the first generation urban vixens were superior to the current crop. Many of them are still working today, including Jossie. This pic here (taken by me) has minimal retouching. That’s just how her body looked - flawless.

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Bria Myles New SHOW Cover

‘Nuff said. : -)

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Sabrina Hunter Redux

As promised, this is Part II of my Sabrina Hunter post, all photos compliments of your friendly neighborhood blogger. Click to enlarge.

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Freema Agyeman

UK Hottie Freema Agyeman has three things going for her:

1. She's a Pisces.
2. She's beautiful.
3. She's classy.

On the downside, I don’t think she’s got a single swimsuit shot in circulation, lol. Check her out on Law and Order UK (Click pics to enlarge)

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Angela Henderson

Every now and again a model will pass through the system who does not get the shine they deserve. Enter Angela Henderson. This is one urban model that definitely warrants a second look. One interesting note about these photos: they’re not retouched. Few women look this good in a bikini. Pics compliments of Show Girlz Exclusive.

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New Maliah from the Latest Smooth

Maliah is the newest columnist for Smooth Magazine. (Click to enlarge)

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New Mia Michelle

First seen at Click ‘n Spark. See the rest of the photos there.

These independently produced photo shoots with models pose an interesting dilemma to the urban magazines, because it's getting to the point where they're almost just as good. Mags gotta step their game up. (Mia and Paul get particularly good results together.)
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Rare Melyssa Ford Backshot

You can count how many of these she did in her career on two hands, and even those were somehow vaguely unfulfilling. Always some weird camera angle or obstructed by something. None of them were just both cheeks in the wind, unabashed back shots. This shot here doesn’t even fully look like Melyssa to me.

Oh well, with Melyssa you take what you can get. (Click to enlarge)

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Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan one of the sexiest black actresses in the game to me and seems to be getting better with age.

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