Beyonce's Vogue portrait to be displayed at The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Ntianu Obiora 15:34 - 07 August 2019

Tyler Mitchell’s 2018 Portrait Of Beyoncé For Vogue To Be Displayed At The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery [Credit: BBC]

Last year, African-American photographer was chosen by Beyonce to be the first black person to shoot the cover of American Vogue. Now, an iconic portrait from that shoot will be immortalised in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

Tyler shot to fame when he did such an amazing job on Queen B's Vogue September issue and capturing some stunning shots of Beyoncé and making history at the same time.

Now one of his photos of Queen Bey will be added to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection.

According to CNN, Tyler announced the amazing news about the portrait on Tuesday and said; “A year ago today we broke the flood gates open. Now I’m glad to share this picture is being acquired into the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection.”

Our mission is to tell the story of America by portraying the people who shape this nation's history, development, and culture. We are happy to work with Tyler to acquire his photograph of Beyoncé Knowles into the Portrait Gallery's collection. https://t.co/4wXp0CReOS
— National Portrait Gallery USA (@smithsoniannpg) August 6, 2019

The National Portrait Gallery confirmed that they have acquired the photo, although it has not been announced when it will be on display for the public to see.

Leslie Ureña, the Associate Curator of Photographs for Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery said to CNN, “We are delighted to acquire this magnificent portrait of Beyoncé.”