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United States Tyler Mitchell is a renowned photographer and filmmaker, recognized for his vibrant compositions that celebrate Black identity and beauty within various settings.
TASAKI collaborated with Tyler Mitchell for its new Advertising Campaign.
The Italian fashion brand Ferragamo enlisted photographer Tyler Mitchell to create Renaissance-inspired visuals, shot at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, for a campaign.
Mitchell has collaborated with the luxury fashion brand Loewe.
Mitchell has collaborated with the luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton.
Mitchell has collaborated with the fashion brand JW Anderson, and also shot for them.
Mitchell has collaborated with the fashion brand Wales Bonner.
Mitchell has collaborated with the fashion brand Marc Jacobs, and also shot for them.
Tyler Mitchell partnered with Cadillac to create content titled 'See the World Through the Lens of Photographer Tyler Mitchell | In Partnership with Cadillac'.
FKA twigs and Tyler Mitchell curated a series from Magnum's photo archive for Farfetch, an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Mitchell has shot for Converse.
Mitchell has shot for Nike.
Mitchell has shot for Givenchy.
Born on April 12, 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Marietta, Tyler Mitchell developed an early interest in visual arts. In ninth grade, he acquired a Canon camera and began creating skateboarding videos, drawing inspiration from filmmakers like Spike Jonze. This early self-taught experience in filmmaking and editing, honed through YouTube tutorials, laid the foundation for his later career. In 2015, at the age of 20, Mitchell published his first book, “El Paquete,” which documented skateboarding culture and architecture in Havana, Cuba, following a six-week photography program there. He went on to attend New York University Tisch School of the Arts, studying cinematography in film and television and graduating in 2017. His academic background in film has profoundly influenced his photographic style, which often incorporates a narrative approach.
Mitchell rose to international prominence at age 23 when he photographed Beyoncé for the September 2018 issue of American Vogue, becoming the first African American to shoot a cover for the magazine and one of its youngest photographers ever. This significant milestone was followed by the acquisition of one of his Beyoncé portraits by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2019 for its permanent collection. Prior to this, he gained experience shooting music videos for rapper Kevin Abstract during his freshman year of college and worked with Teen Vogue to document youth gun control activists. His work consistently explores themes of Black life, identity, and empowerment, often envisioning what he terms a “Black utopia.”
His career has been marked by a series of high-profile collaborations and exhibitions. In 2019, he held his first solo exhibition, “I Can Make You Feel Good,” at the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, which later traveled to the International Center of Photography in New York. Mitchell’s photographic style is characterized by its vibrant color palettes and its focus on nuanced expressions of Black joy and leisure, deliberately challenging traditional art historical representations. He has continuously pushed boundaries in fashion photography, artistic photography, and film, with his recent exhibition “Idyllic Space” at the High Museum of Art in 2024 further cementing his vision of a utopian black life.
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