John.

As a kid, John would climb the ridge that overlooks Duluth, the one that looks down on the lake from above, and stay a good while watching the ships come and go from the harbor before coming down to do anything. He learned young that decisions come easier from up high, and he hasn't changed his method. It's his way of going through life: take it all in, calmly, and then act. A calm, watchful bald eagle, the kind that don't throw themselves in headlong. The t-shirt carries that look of his, fixed and alert, with the white head and yellow eyes.

In summer, John takes out the motorcycle and heads up the road on Highway 61, the one that hugs the north shore of Lake Superior. Miles of water on one side, the forest on the other and the engine humming low: that's where the tough-guy look and the calm inside finally line up, and he's fully himself. This youth t-shirt carries that air: white head, black leather jacket, silver chain and a craving for the open road. A bald eagle with a rocker's soul, for anyone who gets through their days better with a bit of wind in their face. There's more of John in the rest of Yago Partal's series.