On the eve of New York Fashion Week (Mens), we held a rather large Request Only Casting Call at the Hyatt Hotel in Times Square and invited models from Ford, Wilhelmina, Soul Artist Mgmt, DNA, Fusion, Red and New York Models along for a Q&A and portrait session.
Photographer Nathan Best and his team spent two days meeting sixty guys, briefly getting to know them, sharing stories and of course, taking their picture! Below is a snapshot of the two days, featuring a bunch of polaroids and a single portrait of each guy, taken by Nathan. Over the coming week, we will be sharing several pictures per model along with their Q&A and update you an any show success.
Producer & Photographer Nathan Best
Casting Director Ian Cole
Photo & Production Assistant Anne Li
Photo & Production Assistant Baraa Rucker
Special thanks to: Dorian at Ford, Kendall at Wilhelmina, Sarah at Soul Artist Mgmt, Ebony at DNA, & Alexandra & Will at Fusion, Tom at Red and Christophe at New York Models for accommodating us at such a hectic time! Not to mention all the boys who took the time to visit us, during their busy schedule and for being incredibly polite and patient the whole time.
Agency Links (all based in New York City)
DNA Models
Ford Models
Fusion Models
New York Models
Red Models
Soul Artist Mgmt
Wilhelmina Models

ALEXANDER DOMINGUEZ AT RED MODELS

ANDRE DOYLEY AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

ANDRE V AT FORD MODELS

AUSTIN WYNE AT FORD MODELS

BEN BOWERS AT NEW YORK MODELS

BRANDON BAILEY AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

BRYCE DETTLOFF AT DNA MODELS

CASHELL BARNETT AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

COLE FARR AT FORD MODELS

CONOR HOSFORD AT FORD MODELS

DILLON WESTBROOK AT WILHELMINA MODELS

DMITRY BRYLEV AT DNA MODELS

DZHOVANI GOSPODINOV AT NEW YORK MODELS

FLORIAN LUGER AT DNA MODELS

DAJE AT DNA MODELS

ERIK ANDERSSON AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

GEORGE ELLIOT AT DNA MODELS

GUSTAVO SANCHES AT FUSION MODELS

HIDEKI ASAHINA AT FUSION MODELS

IAN SHARP AT WILHELMINA MODELS

IBOU DIOUF AT RED MODELS

JACQUES POUGNET AT FORD MODELS

JAYRO CASTRO AT RED MODELS

JACK PADGETT AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

JJ MOORE AT WILHELMINA MODELS

JOBAIR JABER AT WILHELMINA MODELS

JOEY KIRCHNER AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

JOHN WALDO AT RED MODELS

JOLAND NOVAJ AT RED MODELS

JORDAN PARIS AT FUSION MODELS

KENNY DEAN AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

JOHN HEIN AT FORD MODELS

LOGAN FLATTE AT FORD MODELS

MONGOMERTY COWLBECK AT WILHELMINA MODELS

MALCOLM DERUITER AT FORD MODELS

MAC PHIRI AT FUSION MODELS

LUCIAN CLIFFORTH AT DNA MODELS

LUCAS UCEDO AT FORD MODELS

LUCA BERTEA AT RED MODELS

LOUIS MAYHEW AT DNA MODELS

NATE CARTY AT RED MODELS

NED BARTON AT FUSION MODELS

PAUL CARRIGAN AT FUSION MODELS

PHILIP WITTS AT FORD MODELS

RYAN TIFT AT FORD MODELS

SAMUEL ROBERTS AT FUSION MODELS

STANIEL FERREIA AT DNA MODELS

SID ELLISDON AT WILHELMINA MODELS

TAYLOR ASHMORE AT FORD MODELS

WILLIAM DANE AT WILHELMINA MODELS

STEVAN DITTER AT WILHELMINA MODELS

WILL WADHAMS AT WILHELMINA MODELS

WALTER DERRIG AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

TREVOR DRURY AT SOUL ARTIST MGMT

TIMOTHEE BERTINO AT WILHELMINA MODELS

THOMAS GIBBONS AT FUSION MODELS

ZACKARY TROOST AT NEW YORK MODELS

YUNIS TORRES AT RED MODELS