Beyoncé Given Unprecedented Control Over Vogue’s September Issue Cover

[Coop 15,354]

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour gave Beyoncé unprecedented control over the cover of the upcoming September issue, sources say, and the music icon hired the first black photographer to shoot a cover in the publication’s 126-year history.  

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.

Beyoncé chose Tyler Mitchell, 23, to be her photographer.

“I depict black people and people of color in a really real and pure way,” Mitchell, who has already made a splash by shooting campaigns for Marc Jacobs and Givenchy, told The New York Times in December. “There is an honest gaze to my photos.”

Wintour typically prefers to hire fashion photographers with more traditional experience and likely would not have selected Mitchell for a cover shoot, according to a source familiar with Vogue’s editorial process.

“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,” the source said.

A representative for Vogue declined to comment on this story. 

 

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[Silvestro Devacelli 1,846]

ugh i want to like her but the hive is just...

[ryanripley 86,575]

gaga deserved this spot

[Sanne Godijn 2,203]

Agree

[MsSwan 1,379]

Welp, this sounds about right for Beyoncé, I guess we can forget about gags.. 

[mamo 19,088]

looks like gaga has got the october issue secured instead then. 

[YaaaasGaga 6,119]

#2019voguecoverisours 

[Borislshere 53,076]

Swish swish bish, another win in the basket

sad that it took 126 years for them to get a black photographer for their cover.

[LADYGAGASHOOCK 3,986]

20 minutes ago, Coop said:

the first black photographer to shoot a cover in the publication’s 126-year history.

Holy **********

[Sanne Godijn 2,203]

But does make wonder what that beach Photoshoot that gaga did was for 

[Killa 17,476]

The ffact that its the first time a black photographer does this. Really?

Then i say thank god beyonce exists.

Its not shocking since its always same photographers

[adamsenigma 9,520]

11 minutes ago, Sanne Godijn said:

But does make wonder what that beach Photoshoot that gaga did was for 

Elle.

[Sanne Godijn 2,203]

How do you know that just wondering 

 

[Ziggy 11,835]

Hey, she’s supporting young black artists. So even if this is true, good for her using her influence positively and breaking down stodgy institutions.

[joannesrats 26]

Idk why y'all are so butthurt over this, she's using her position to bring up other people of color.