“The cover of the upcoming issue of Vogue magazine will be shot by a black photographer, reportedly for the first time in the publication’s 126-year history.

According to HuffPost, singer Beyoncé reportedly has unprecedented control over the cover of next month’s issue and will be featured through the magazine in photos and long-form captions, which she penned herself.

Sources familiar with the agreement between the magazine and Beyoncé regarding the upcoming issue told HuffPost the star reportedly selected 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell to shoot the cover.

“I depict black people and people of color in a really real and pure way,” Mitchell, who has shot for Marc Jacobs and Givenchy campaigns, told The New York Times last year. “There is an honest gaze to my photos.”

A source close to the matter told HuffPost that ‘the reason a 23-year-old black photographer is photographing Beyoncé for the cover of Vogue is because Beyoncé used her power and influence to get him that assignment…” Click here to continue reading at The Hill