Brooklyn Beckham sparks an angry backlash from experienced snappers after he is hired to shoot Burberry’s latest social media campaign
Most teenagers could at most dream of an internship at a fashion house where the biggest task they would be entrusted with would be making the tea. So when Brooklyn Beckham, 16, stepped behind the lens this weekend to shoot Burberry's latest social media campaign, it understandably led commentators to question how the teenager managed to land such a prestigious role.
Fashion fans and professional photographers alike took to Twitter to express their unhappiness, claiming 'nepotism' was at play.
Jak BetLoos posted on Twitter, saying: 'It's not what you know, but who you know and it's totally unacceptable.' Jacqui was of the same mind and commented: 'Yep, I guess names really do sell. Sheer nepotism.' Dani V agreed saying: 'I love the Beckhams but 16-year-old Brooklyn being the photographer for a major Burberry campaign is peak nepotism.'
'Ridiculous,' James Stephen Green declared on Facebook. 'Given how many people he has assisting him on location. One of them will have set the camera up and said "Here you go Brooklyn, just point and press".' Ami Barwell added: 'He's not even holding the camera right.'
Joe Flood replied, conceding that Brooklyn had done a good job, but still didn't support the brand's choice to hire him. 'They are good photos but where's the integrity?' he wrote. 'If he wants to be a photographer that's great, but what boy studying photography in uni gets one of the biggest and most respected gigs in fashion as his first job?
'Has he even assisted photographers before or does he have an extensive portfolio/website? Most photographers strive their entire lives to try and get an ounce of what Brooklyn Beckham has just achieved.
'No doubt he's a great photographer, and a great footballer, but when you're a "household' name", you're going to have every bit of opportunity and support to heighten your career, and he will never have to go through the struggle and hardships every other artist has gone through to try and prove themselves and become successful.'
Joe was replying to a post from Jake Hold who shared a story about Brooklyn's fashion shoot, saying: 'How insulting to people who have worked hard their whole lives with real talent to become a professional photographer.'
And many of Jake's friends were in agreement, including Amber James. 'I can't even handle the amount of anger this gives me,' she said. 'I've fought, struggled and worked for what I've achieved while he's handed what would be a dream job for me.'
In a strongly worded post Diego Barrueco said: 'Brooklyn Beckham shooting the last Burberry campaign is the most disrespectful thing to every professional photographer who works hard.'
Kinga Kurek voiced her opinion on Instagram, saying: 'So Brooklyn Beckham is now considered a photographer for taking a picture of flowers. In that case does it mean that my Instagram is an art gallery.'
