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felt were important to share with his peers. Manu-
facturing fashion and cinematic stories, he created
otherworldly moments with his photographs. Also
boldly taking on the task of creatively directing lo-
cal designer Harvey Robertson’s fashion campaign.
An inclusive campaign which featured a diverse
cast of models, which he felt fitting for the design-
er’s aesthetic. Using his work to promote beau-
ty, attitude and a strong message. Many of these
visuals however, would receive mixed reviews and
reactions. This of course would be exactly what he
hoped to achieve.
Sherwyn Williams, known by his second name Terrance
has shamelessly labelled himself as simply “a visual art-
ist” in hopes of summing up his many ventures. From a
young age he’s shown signs of being a creative, indulging
heavily in illustration, creating his own comic strips and
photographing anything under the sun. While attending
secondary school he developed his skill for illustration
and this did not go unnoticed. He was offered a slot in the
creation of a short-lived school newspaper, where he con-
tributed comic strips in the entertainment section. Shortly
afterwards he would be enrolled into summer vacation art
classes at USC. When art and illustrations proved to not
be enough, A young Terrance would use his schoolmates
as photography subjects whenever given the chance. Find-
ing his footing within the editorial and beauty world, op-
portunities would begin to flow heavily. Working amongst
some well-respected talents such as Sudesh Ramsaran,
Naomi Chin-Wing, Mario Francis, Beauty Dreams by
Mekelia and many others. Publications such as Caribbean
POSH, the local newspapers and MACO People Barbados
and others would also feature his work. Designers and
online stores like Shop ITALLY would recruit the image
maker for their promotional content creation. He used
his photography as a way of creating narratives that he
“Photography to me was the only way at the time
to tell the stories in my head. A lot of the images
I created were inspired by real life events or even
dreams I’ve had and these moments aren’t always
pretty. It also opened the door for me to be able to
direct a set creatively. Naturally one of my favorite
moments so far in fashion. Beauty and fashion were
the vehicles that got me to the audience, the nuanc-
es and expressions told the tales. I’m always excited
when an image stirs up something uncomfortable,
because it creates a conversation and that’s so im-
portant to me.”
Rallying an efficient team was nothing short of
destiny, he recalls. Kambe Lovelace and Lynda De
La Mothe, his schoolmates, would join Terrance
on his creative escapades. Each party contribut-
ing something to the experiences of creating their
visual work. This partnership would prove long
lasting as the group would go on to create TVISU-
AL. Along with Kerby Young, they created a plat-
form in which local talents would be highlighted
and featured each month in a series of blog posts.
TVISUAL, the brainchild of Terrance was a passion
project that he saw as necessary to allow individuals
a space to share and collaborate with the team. The
project saw a great deal of eyes and even attracted
major talents such as AJ Rogers, Mark Eastman,
Omar Jarra and Digicel rising star finalist Terriann
Baker. TVISUAL bulldozed it’s way social media
and lips of locals but also created many opportuni-
ties for networking. Most notably it’s collaboration
with local iconic brand The Cloth to both shoot and
feature in a campaign for their collection.
“TVISUAL to me was a project that would fill
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