"I cried 3 times this morning" - Black photographer Tyler Mitchell who shot Beyonce's Vogue cover

When Beyoncé appeared on the September 2018 issue of American Vogue, attention naturally centred on Queen Bey—but another name was making history behind the camera: Tyler Mitchell.

At 23, Mitchell became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of American Vogue in the magazine’s history.

That makes the photograph significant on two levels.

IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA:

Beyoncé was using one of fashion’s most influential covers to speak about body acceptance, ancestry, evolution, motherhood, creativity and freedom.

BEHIND THE CAMERA:

A young Black photographer was occupying a position that had historically been inaccessible to photographers like him.

And Mitchell's reaction captured the emotional weight of the moment.

Tyler is the first African American photographer to shoot a Vogue cover in it's 126-year history. As expected, he was left excited by this, especially after the cover was released and it received positive feedback.

Reacting to the attention he's received because of the cover, he said: "I cried 3 times already this morning. Here's Beyonce by me for the September 2018 cover of American Vogue."

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