Throw away your Holiday Shopping List because THE GIFT you need to get everyone you know has just been announced. Brooklyn Beckham is releasing his first book of photography called what i see. Brooklyn, or as some of you know him “that hot soccer player’s kid,” is actually a professional photographer. He was hired by Burberry to shoot one of their fragrance campaigns. I’ll leave it to you to speculate how he got that job.
The book’s description is as follows:
WHAT I SEE, the first book by Brooklyn Beckham, is a series of snapshots of his life. Each chapter tells a different story through pictures by and of Brooklyn, accompanied by captions and passages of text in his own words. Unique, authentic and stylish, WHAT I SEE is a glimpse behind the lens.
I love that description. You know some poor copywriter spent a week trying to come up with three sentences to describe this effort. I can only imagine the cover shot inspired the “glimpse behind the lens” bit. Let’s remember that Brooklyn is 17. How many chapters does a 17-year old need to tell his story? I wouldn’t count on using this thing as a paperweight. His author page consists of only two lines with three pieces of information – his age, that he lives in London and that photography is his biggest passion. That’s all you need to land a book, folks – passion. Okay, passion and parents named Victoria and David Beckham.
Alas, we must all wait for Brooklyn’s stylish authenticity until next year. You can preorder it though! You can even get a signed copy here. Just think how excited your Nan will be when she opens a card announcing that she only has to wait five months before her Brooklyn Beckham book arrives. I imagine after taking a moment to compose herself, she’ll look up and ask, “Who?” Even though there are no hints about whether it will contain pictures of his famous family and ex, Chloë Moretz, I, for one, can’t wait. After reading reviews for his Burberry ad campaign like, “To call his photographs a bit tame is like saying a hamster is not a very fearsome animal,” I can only imagine how mesmerizing this masterpiece will be. And add passages of his own words to that? It not just what Brooklyn sees, it’s what Brooklyn says.
Don’t take my enthusiasm for it, let some of the artistically nuanced art Brooklyn has posted on his Instagram speak for itself:
Do YOU SEE? Do you see WHAT I SEE? Oh curse you May 2017! Why must you keep me in the dark for so long? Oh dear, that just reminds of more of Brooklyn’s genius:
If you want more of this, just check out his full Instagram page. It’s… indescribable.
Photo credit: Instagram, Wenn and Fame/Flynet Photos
They are teaching him he’s a special snowflake teenager who is so fascinating and doesn’t have to put in the time in the real world to be a photographer worthy of a book, but instead just coasts off his parents’ fame.
But I thought the narrative here was that they are wonderful parents who are raising grounded kids (didn’t they even – gasp – make their kids work in a coffee shop or something)?
What an utterly average dude who’s already making it big for absolutely no good reason.
Ugggghhhhhhhh *death* Instead of buying this book, go check out Viewbug. It’s a photo community for people of all skill levels, where free contests are run, and you can challenge yourself to take better photos than a grey noise square. Seriously, is that stucco?
Thank you for pointing out Viewbug. I will try it out.
Amadea (not Beckham..)
That top knot is “knot” on fleek
He’s a modern-day Tori Spelling.
the way i just Sighed sooooooooooooooo Deep… so weary
hahahaha…. I could hear your sigh over here too… 🙂
“To call his photographs a bit tame is like saying a hamster is not a very fearsome animal,”
HAhahahahhahahaha funniest thing I’ve read all week! I can’t imagine he has the fanbase for him to think making a book was a good idea, but then again what do I know about nepotism narcissism
+1000 lmao
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
If I put this into the stocking of a Sixlet, Christmas dinner would be an unpleasant affair.
Go on.
It’ll be Santa’s equivalent of coal for Christmas.
And as they have a hissyfit, remind them that they could have received an actual lump of coal……
Ps: you can see why i don’t have children. I’d find their existential tortures very funny.
I must admit, it IS a temptation. I could do it as a fake stocking and have the real one to bring out after the hilarity of their fury, right?
Tee hee hee
Did he seriously get over 49 THOUSAND likes for a ‘gram of a black screen / black page? This kid is coasting so hard on his last name, it’s not even funny but yet I can’t stop laughing.
I”m more worried about the thousands of people that “liked” that photo. WTH?
😀
Really? That was intentional? I thought the picture was not loading or something
This gotta be some kind of joke…the only difference between the pictures is color.😒
Huh…..
Yeah, that’s all I’ve got. It must be nice, though, to be given…er….I mean to achieve something so incredible at such a young age, with such little experience. Truly amazing. 🙄
Soooo when it’s in the rack at my local home improvement store, it’s just a paint swatch. But when a rich kid takes a pic of it, it’s…art?
Ahhhhh, mediocrity, at it’s best.
What is art even? Unless viewed through the lens of Brooklyn Beckham.
The 13 year olds will be like OMG but then by May they’ll be like almost 14 and soooo over him.
On a deeper level makes me sad for all those artists that do put in the time and effort and never get half the opportunities.
Also for the poor trees- what have they ever done wrong?
All these famous people kids and their nepotism are exhausting. Since most of them are not in school receiving a formal education I hope the family money last forever.
The world is very unfair. So many that want higher education but can’t afford it, and then you have celeb spawns who have the money but don’t do sh*t with it.
I dont find him attractive in the least.
eww, dirty stinky man bun. i just don’t get the kids today
OK, pretty dull instagram … would have to agree with the hamster comparison. N E P O T I S M ….
NEPOTISM BECKHAM
Oh and Cruz is angling for a music career. I can’t wait for Harper to become a model.
Heard about this…. I find this very unfair but it also inspired me – just to keep going, to not give up, to have that collection of beautiful images that I could turn into a book or an exhibit, should an opportunity present itself. Because recently I realized I’ll never be an actual photographer (I’m in a different field) and started deleting most of the pictures I take since I’ve seen them all and they didn’t seem to have any value to anybody else
I look at this the same way I see Kendall and Kylie using a ghostwriter to write their books, and slapping their names on it. Nepotism can get you anything.
Hecate, your entire write up had me cackling from beginning to end. The cut of your jib madam, I like it. 😀
I’ve even read that his little brother Cruz was spotted in a top studio in LA and he did a cover version of a Bieber’s song with Cody Simpson. He’s only 11. He’ll probably have an album out written and produced by big names by the age of 14-15.
It’s like with Tiffany Trump! She is/was a model?!
Even if she was a little bit taler, in “real world” she would just make it into “Tesco” catalogue…
If all he “sees” is a black screen / black page, I would urge his parents to get him some help. Maybe an ophthalmologist ?
Ha, shade!
His parents probably want to pay less taxes so they created a financial scheme to do so with that book..
Maybe Duchess Kate could ‘curate’ his photos?😝