{"product_id":"tyler-mitchell-wish-this-was-real-9781597115759","title":"Tyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive early-career survey of one of the most compelling photographers of his generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyler Mitchell's photography is animated by dreams of paradise and joy against the backdrop of history. Since his rise to prominence in the worlds of art and fashion, Mitchell has created images of beauty, utopia, and the American landscape that expand the imaginary of Blackness in the twenty-first century. \u003ci\u003eWish This Was Real \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive early-career survey of Mitchell's work, offering a comprehensive look into the subjects driving his artistic practice, from his genre-bending portraits made in the United States, Europe, and West Africa to his photographs printed on diaphanous fabrics and sculptures that reference Black intellectual heritage. Presenting new perspectives by leading writers on his long-standing themes of self-determination and the extraordinary radiance of the everyday, \u003ci\u003eWish This Was Real\u003c\/i\u003e shows how photography can be rooted in a collective past while evoking imagined futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbser, Brendan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrendan Embser\u003c\/b\u003e is senior editor at Aperture and the cocurator of \u003ci\u003eTyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitchell, Tyler:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTyler Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (born in Atlanta, 1995) is a Brooklyn-based artist, photographer, and filmmaker. He received a BFA in film and television from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2017. Mitchell's work has been published widely in magazines, including \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eM le magazine du Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eW\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWSJ Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZEITmagazin\u003c\/i\u003e. His work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Brooklyn Museum, all in New York; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; and National Portrait Gallery, London. In 2018, Mitchell was commissioned to photograph Beyoncé for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, making history, at the age of twenty-three, as the first Black photographer to shoot the magazine's cover. Mitchell's first solo exhibition, \u003ci\u003eI Can Make You Feel Good\u003c\/i\u003e (2019-20), was presented at Foam, Amsterdam, and at the International Center of Photography, New York. He is the photographer of the catalog for \u003ci\u003eSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u003c\/i\u003e, the Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His solo exhibition \u003ci\u003eWish This Was Real \u003c\/i\u003e(2024-26) opened at C\/O Berlin in 2024 and toured to the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; and Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWintour, Anna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAnna Wintour\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and the global chief content officer of Condé Nast.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589835981074,"sku":"9781597115759","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49dff8a5-ae9b-4880-8b58-aa66b8656c09.jpg?v=1756809280","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tyler-mitchell-wish-this-was-real-9781597115759","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}