Lola701
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I find it quite hard to believe it went down like that, but let's leave it at that. And while I agree that we can't change the past, if we don't talk about the fact that in 30 years Anna Wintour hasn't had a black photographer shoot any cover, this will be just a blip in the radar and won't happen again for at least ten more. People tend to forget and forgive unless someone constantly reminds them.
I think i have a different perspective...
I'm a black french woman and from my point of view (and i must say for the majority of black people here), you are very progressive right there!
I think what bothers me is that when people are saying that Anna hasn't had a black photographer in 30 years, is a bit of a way to say that she is "racist" or "insensitive" about it when in fact i really think that American Vogue is maybe the most inclusive Vogue of all. And i'm not just talking about the western world...
Here in France, we don't expect from Vogue to relate to any social discussion or something like that. We are happy when we have a black woman on the cover or something like that but it's not a big deal because people relate more to Elle.
I mean, Rihanna on the cover of Vogue Paris doesn't make headlines anywhere else than on TFS and on IG. That's a fact...
I think Anna is very aware of her responsibility and her power and i personally applaud when someone is doing the right thing.
People are turning the photographer thing as a race thing when for me, it's a class thing and even a generation thing.
Some of the big top photographers of today started 30 years ago when fashion was a very private club and the generation of photographers that came later somehow was involved with those circles. I wonder if it was possible back then for a black photographer to breakout...There were black models, editors, make-up artists and everything. Those people are legendary, outspoken and everything and yet we didn't have a black photographer.
I guess it was easier for Ebony Magazine to hire a black photographer than for the same photographer to expect from Naomi or Tyra to push him into those private circles.
I get what you and some of you all are saying but for me, it's not just an Anna Wintour thing. It's bigger than that...