Beyoncé’s historic ‘Vogue’ cover photo has been acquired by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
‘s 2018 September issue, it is the first photo made by a black photographer to appear on the cover of the famed fashion magazine in its history.
The portrait features the singer in front of a gold drape backdrop. Beyoncé looks stunning, wearing a floral-styled, ornate and pointy headdress and a sparkly Valentino dress. Beyoncé poses with her elbows leaning on a flower-adorned Greek column. “This particular work brought us closer to Beyoncé’s words, appearing within the magazine’s pages,” the museum’s curator of photographs Leslie Ureña said in a statement. “And showing us more of the historic shoot.”
It is the second image the museum has acquired of Beyoncé. The first is a poster of the singer’s debut solo album,
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