Beyoncé's history-making Vogue cover: A black photographer to shoot cover, and she made it happen
SalonIn a move that shocked and excited her fans, Beyoncé will take over the cover of Vogue for the magazine's upcoming September issue — the most important issue of the entire year —according to a report by HuffPost. A source familiar with Vogue's editorial process told Ali that Wintour usually prefers hiring photographers with "traditional experience" and likely wouldn't have selected Mitchell, who graduated from New York University last year. "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 added. "What's funny about this story is that by having the first black photographer shoot their cover, they've inadvertently exposed that they've never had a black photographer shoot their cover," he said. The hope is that Beyoncé's appointment of the first black photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue will ripple throughout fashion media and that brands and magazines alike will cultivate more diverse rosters.
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