Behind the curtain: a fresh take on Black life – in pictures

Untitled (Mondello Beach), 2019

After studying film at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, from which he graduated in 2017, Mitchell turned to photography. In 2018, he produced a series of portraits of the singer Beyoncé for the September issue of American Vogue – the most important edition of the year. At just 23-years-old, he made history by becoming the first Black photographer to shoot the magazine’s cover. Mitchell has been part of numerous collaborations within the fashion world, where he has created his own visual language, a blend of gentleness and wonder