This summer, the High Museum of Art will have an absolutely gorgeous exhibit. Beginning on June 21st, High Museum visitors can see the works of Tyler Mitchell, best known as the photographer who shot Beyoncé’s iconic Vogue cover photo, and the as the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue ever.
His exhibit: “Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space” will be on display from June 21st to October 27th.
What is “Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space”
This major exhibition coming to the High will feature the trailblazing photographic artist and filmmaker’s seamless blend of fine art and fashion photography, along with a new photo-sculptural artwork.
“Idyllic Space” has a total of more than 30 photographs, which range in themes, from masculinity to motherhood to domesticity to play to rest and the natural world.
Who is Tyler Mitchell as an artist?
Tyler Mitchell was born in Atlanta in 1995, and considers his new exhibition, “Idyllic Space,” to be a homecoming work of art. As an artist, Mitchell centers Black self-determination and empowerment in his practice with affirmative images of people who are often shown enjoying the freedom of leisure, play and recreation.
He is probably best-known for his work photographing Beyoncé for the September 2018 issue of Vogue, including the cover photo.
Mitchell says about “Idyllic Space”: “It’s a pure joy to present my work in collaboration with the brilliant curators Maria L. Kelly and Michael Rooks and at the High Museum of Art — the very museum I grew up going to as a child — whose exhibitions left a formative impact on me far before I recognized the possibility of becoming an artist. I am proud to present this work for the people and the city that shaped me.”
