Beyonce's Vogue cover is something different, and the Grammy-award winning singer and actress said she hopes the shoot will help open doors for others.
The singer made fashion headlines when she picked Tyler Mitchell, 23, to take her photos for the magazine, the first time an African-American had been chosen to take pictures for Vogue's September fashion issue.
In the first cover shot, the singer is sitting, wearing a large flowered headpiece by Lynn Ban and a Gucci dress, according to Vogue. For the second cover, Beyoncé is wearing a dress and corset by Alexander McQueen and earrings by Ban, Vogue noted.
"Until there is a mosaic of perspectives coming from different ethnicities behind the lens, we will continue to have a narrow approach and view of what the world actually looks like," she said in her Vogue story that appears in the magazine. "That is why I wanted to work with this brilliant 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell.
"When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell. Clearly that has been proven a myth. Not only is an African-American on the cover of the most important month for Vogue, this is the first ever Vogue cover shot by an African-American photographer," she continued.
Beyoncé said it was important for her to open doors for younger artists like doors were opened for her at the start of her career.
"There are so many cultural and societal barriers to entry that I like to do what I can to level the playing field, to present a different point of view for people who may feel like their voices don't matter," the singer told Vogue.
The artist had so much access to the Vogue issue that it spurred rumors that editor Anna Wintour would call it quits afterward, but Conde Nast chief executive Bob Sauerberg said in a statement that the talk was fake news.
"Anna Wintour is an incredibly talented and creative leader whose influence is beyond measure," he said, according to USA Today. "She is integral to the future of our company's transformation and has agreed to work with me indefinitely in her role as Vogue editor-in-chief and artistic director of Conde Nast."
Social media had different takes on the cover.
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