Tyler is the first African American photographer to shoot a Vogue cover in its 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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“For so long, black people have been considered things,” he said of his history-making turn as a Vogue cover photographer. “We’ve been thingified physically, sexually, emotionally. With my work, I’m looking to revitalize and elevate the black body.”
He also noted how special it was to shoot the singer, who headlined the first concert he ever attended.
“You’d imagine someone as famous as Beyoncé to be protective of her image, but she was really an open book — and that’s exactly what you want as a photographer,” he added.
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