Flash Dance

For photographer Tyler Mitchell, summer's no vacation.

Tyler Mitchell has been making art at a breakneck pace since 2018, when he photographed Beyoncd for Vogue and became the first Black photographer to lens the cover. Summer will be a landmark season for the 29year-old, with shows at C/O Berlin and the High Museum of Art, in his native Atlanta. Opening June 1, Mitchell's exhibit in Berlin will showcase his imagery alongside work by his friends and contemporaries, including painter and sculptor Rashid Johnson and fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, "to convey the lineage of not only Black image makers and photographers, but Black artists, and the multiple modes of expression that are possible around contemporary ideas of Black life," Mitchell said. Come June 21, the High Museum of Art will explore the ethos of his image making. His solo show there will be the first-ever full photography show installed in the museum's Stent Wing Special Exhibition galleries: "Seeing my show in proximity to, say, a painting show next door, or the European collections, could create some interesting conflicts and dialogues."

NATE FREEMAN