“As photographers, we always have so much to prove,’ says Mitchell, “that we are not just guns for hire or documentarians of a moment – but we are creating and shaping culture through images”
“As photographers, we always have so much to prove,’ says Mitchell, “that we are not just guns for hire or documentarians of a moment – but we are creating and shaping culture through images”
Last month, 23-year-old photographer Quil Lemons became Vanity Fair’s youngest cover photographer. Here, we take a deep dive into the process behind the shoot