Overview
Tyler 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 photography and fashion, Mitchell creates images of beauty, utopia, and the American landscape that expand the imaginary of Blackness in the twenty-first century. Wish This Was Real is the definitive early career survey of Mitchell’s work, offering a comprehensive look into the subjects animating his artistic practice, from his color-drenched photography in Cuba and genre-bending portraits made in the United States and West Africa to his photographs printed on diaphanous fabrics and sculptures that reference Black intellectual history. By offering new perspectives on his long-standing themes of self-determination and the extraordinary radiance of the everyday, Wish This Was Real shows how portraiture can be rooted in a collective past while evoking imagined futures.
This book title, Tyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real, ISBN: 9781597115759, by Tyler Mitchell, Anna Wintour, Sophie Cavoulacos, Rashid Johnson, Robin Coste Lewis, Drew Sawyer, Rachel Tashjian, Salamishah Tillet, Sarah Lewis, Brendan Embser, published by Aperture (September 23, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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