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TFOMS: The First of Many (Series)
A platform for presence. A movement for more. Built to honor the people behind the practice.TFOMS: An appreciation and realization of self.
TFOMS was never about claiming we were the first. It emerged from a simple but profound question: What becomes possible when artists are given space—space to reflect, to speak, to be seen, and to be heard, even by themselves? What started as test shoots in my studio became a gathering place for openness and connection. It became a practice of showing up for one another, differently.
From that space came the “first of many”: first breakthroughs, first releases, first risks, first moments of grace, first shifts in one’s practice, first time being witnessed fully, first time naming something that had gone unspoken.
TFOMS honors these beginnings as openings.
At its heart, TFOMS is a living archive of community, shaped through conversation and shared presence. The work spans homes, studios, and city streets. Each image and interview building a constellation of artists whose stories often go unseen or misread. TFOMS resists that erasure by prioritizing care, truth-telling, and intentional visibility.
TFOMS has always been about continuous conversation and connection. About slowing down enough to sit with who we are. About honoring the people behind the work. Every portrait, every exchange, every gathering asks: How does your story want to be held?
Representation as a form of access sits at the center of this project. Representation as the light that signals it is safe to exist, dream, and continue. TFOMS affirms that people have always belonged in the room.
What began as a personal inquiry is now an expanding ecosystem of photographs, interviews and programs.
TFOMS is an offering, a mirror, map and an evolving testament to what can happen when we center care and community.
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by Cindy at National Photo in Pikesville, MD
Images from the 2024/2025 Featured Artists from The First of Many Series Project
Photographed by: Jasmine Gabrielle Washington between January 2024 - March 2025
Featured Exhibitions:
2025
TFOMS: The First of Many (Series) – Solo Exhibition
Produced by The U/Y/V Project
Exhibition Curated by: Jasmine Gabrielle Washington (Co-Curated by Arthur Fitzhugh III)
On View from April 5 - June 29, 2025
The Last Resort Artist Retreat Outpost Space | Charm City Cultural Cultivation, Baltimore, MD
The Essence of Here and Now – Group Exhibition
Photography + Media & Society MFA Program – ‘26 and ‘27
On View from October 3 - October 19, 2025
Riggs Gallery | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD