Thanks to Beyonce, the cover of the upcoming issue of Vogue magazine will reportedly be shot by a black photographer for the first time in the publication’s 126-year history.
The HuffPost was first to report that Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour has given the music superstar unprecedented control over next month’s issue, which features their fall fashion campaign and is considered the most influential edition of any magazine within the style industry.
“The publication is contractually obligated to give Beyoncé full control over the cover, the photos of her inside the magazine and the captions, which she has written herself and are in long-form, according to two sources who are familiar with the agreement between Vogue and Beyoncé but aren’t authorized to speak to the press,” The HuffPost said.
Sources familiar with the agreement between the magazine and Beyoncé regarding the upcoming issue told HuffPost that she reportedly selected 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell to shoot the cover.
“I depict black people and people of color in a really real and pure way,” Mitchell, told the New York Times last year. “There is an honest gaze to my photos.”
He has shot for Marc Jacobs and Givenchy campaigns.
A source close to the matter told HuffPost that “the reason a 23-year-old black photographer is photographing Beyoncé for the cover of Vogue is because Beyoncé used her power and influence to get him that assignment.”
Sources: TMZ.com, Huffpost, The New York Times, The Hill, The Blast and The Shade Room.
