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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

Brooklyn Beckham photo book backlash hasn’t aged well –was ‘brand Beckham’ to blame or the braying public?

Front cover of What I See: Brooklyn Beckham .

The media frenzy surrounding Brooklyn Beckham has prompted a slew of articles and social media comments picking apart the Beckhams’ firstborn and his various career paths. But you know what? I’ve always thought it was a great shame that Brooklyn didn’t keep up with his photography. Then, again, maybe he has privately, and if that’s the case, all the power to him!

If you can cast your mind back to the very different world that was 2017, Penguin Books released Brooklyn’s photo book debut: What I see, alongside accompanying exhibitions in London and Los Angeles. But what should have been a then-career-highlight evoked the ire of many a social-media loudmouth and critic.

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