Zaya Wade photographs Gabrielle Union for Self Magazine

Zaya Wade got a major photography gig as she photographed step-mum, Gabrielle Union-Wade, for June’s cover of Self Magazine.

Zaya Wade just turned 13 and she has already landed her first major gig as she shot Gabrielle Union for the magazine, including the cover.

How Interesting! The youngster is a budding photographer and making the announcement, Gabrielle took to her Instagram page to write:

“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 & I’m grateful we got this opportunity from @selfmagazine

Gabrielle also shared a snippet of her interview answers on the caption of the photos she shared on Instagram, writing: “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.

“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.” 

Check out the picture and say what you think of Zaya’s skills and of course, her model step-mother, Gabrielle. We’re waiting…

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