Tyler Mitchell

Tyler Mitchell (born April 12, 1995) is an American photographer. He is based in Brooklyn, New York, and is best known for his cover photo of Beyoncé for the cover of Vogue. While there, he documented skateboarding life and the architecture in Havana and turned it into a 108-page book called El Paquete. and graduated in 2017. In 2019, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery acquired one of the portraits of Beyoncé by Mitchell for their permanent collection.

Mitchell has also shot for Marc Jacobs, JW Anderson, Converse, Nike, Givenchy His work includes fashion photography, artistic photography, and film projects, which include autobiographical topics and themes of identity.

In 2021, Mitchell worked with curator Michael Rooks of the High Museum of Art on an exhibition themed around the culture of the Southern United States and Global South. Called Idyllic Space, it was produced with the help of curator Maria L. Kelly. Idyllic Space features photographs of black men, women, and children in various natural and domestic settings. According to Mitchell, these photographs are meant to evoke a utopian vision of black life, while inviting viewers to imagine their own "unreachable perfect".

Two of Mitchell's artworks, Untitled (Kiki and Stephan Dancing) and Untitled (Group Hula Hoop), appeared in "Worms," a season-four episode of The Bear, as framed pieces in Sydney Adamu's apartment. Mitchell did the photographs for Ayo Edebiri's November 2025 Vogue magazine cover story.

Legacy and style Mitchell has been praised for documenting nuanced expressions of black life, which he has referred to as a "Black utopic vision". The Way We Live Now (group exhibition), Aperture Foundation, New York City June – August 2018 I Can Make You Feel Good, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, April–June 2019 I Can Make You Feel Good, International Center of Photography, Jan 2020 – May 2020 Idyllic Space, High Museum of Art, June 2024 – December 2024 Wish This Was Real, Maison européenne de la photographie, October 15, 2025 - January 25, 2026

Books I Can Make You Feel Good. 2020.

Awards Forbes 30 under 30 - Art & Style 2019 Dazed Digital - Dazed 100 2016 BET - BET's Future 40 list 2020