How 18-year-old model and activist TJ Sawyerr is redefining teenage dreams

“Society deems us not to be ready to tackle real life until we’re 18,” declares model, creative director, activist, writer and sixth-former TJ Sawyerr. But what is age, than just a marker of time? For the Clapham-based teen, championing underestimated youth is at the forefront of his work both in front of and behind the camera.