Actress Gabrielle Union is the cover star on Self Magazine’s latest issues. For the cover spread, she’s photographed by her stepdaughter Zaya Wade.
On her Instagram, Gabriell Union wrote:
“Beyond proud of @zayawade shooting her 1st cover. She is a tremendous artist/writer & I’m so happy everyone gets a glimpse of what she can do. Seeing yourself through a child’s eyes is quite illuminating & im grateful we got this opportunity from @selfmagazine “The safety of assimilation was an illusion.”
“You cannot price your way out of, educate your way out of, move yourself away from racism, anti-Blackness, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia,” she said. “All of those things exist no matter how successful you are. No matter how you speak. They exist. So this idea of teaching our children to constantly be shape-shifting to make themselves more palatable or less scary for people who are committed to oppressing you anyway, no matter what you do, I rejected it. I started to reject that.” 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
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While talking to SELF, Gabrielle Union said she’s been sometimes dissatisfied with shots of her used by magazines and is grateful to be lensed by her teenage stepdaughter.
“I’m always like, there is no way this picture is good. Like, What are you seeing? And it’s so interesting to see different people’s perspectives of you,” she explained. “I’m just interested to see myself through Zaya’s eyes. I think that’s really actually…really interesting. Because I trust her. And she has a story to tell.”
Union added, “I love her as an artist. I mean, obviously, I love her, period, but where her mind is going and where her creativity is going is just dope to see. I’m just really interested to see what she comes up with.”
In another Instagram post, she also gushed about some bikini shots that didn’t make it to the spread.
See her post below
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The 🔥🔥🔥 pics from @zayawade 1st @selfmagazine shoot that didn’t make the cut but I 🖤🖤🖤 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
See more photos from the spread below
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