Focus, focus, because it’s time to check in with the publicity arm of Brooklyn Beckham, the firstborn son of David and Victoria, and a photographer in … in his own right, would you say?
Arguably not. Let’s settle on “in his own lunchtime”, and proceed accordingly. As you may recall, Brooklyn recently published a coffee-table book of his own photography, which dispensed with photographic cliches such as having light on one’s subject, and featured captions such as: “I like this picture – it’s out of focus but you can tell there’s a lot going on”. Now Brooklyn has started at art school in New York, and is consequently fitting in book signings and promotional interviews with his studies. Last week, New York magazine’s The Cut website interviewed him before his event at an Urban Outfitters in Williamsburg, and found the young student reflecting on his status.
“I like people from school,” he explains, “but there are a few fangirls in the school … Sometimes, I have to be like, ‘I’m going to be with you for, like, four years, so chill.’”
Oh dear.
“I mean, it’s gotten better,” he reflects. “They understand and they respect it, but it’s just at the beginning, it’s such a shock to them, so it’s fine.”
Mmm. I can’t think it’s long before some kind of Factory II set-up springs up around the creative talent who gave us a photo of Posh Spice fishing and the deathless caption: “my brother cruz was the best but i didn’t catch anything – annoying but still fun.” Let studio premises be acquired without delay, and fangirls begin queueing behind the velvet rope for consideration.
