Rolling Stone Issues First Cover by Black PhotographerA cover with Travis Scott is a new kind of moment for the magazine.

[Collection]It’s been about 51 years, but Rolling Stone has a cover shot by a black photographer. Dana Scruggs, a photographer based in New York whose profile has been on the rise lately with work for Nike and ESPN magazine, is laying claim to the title of first black person to photograph a cover of Rolling Stone. Scruggs admitted that the title “is sweet and bittersweet” in an Instagram post. “I’m out here making history when a year ago I was on the verge of giving up on being a photographer altogether,” Scruggs went on. “Never give up on yourself or your dreams. Ever.” She could not be reached for further comment. Rolling Stone, founded by Jann Wenner as a music and culture publication that eventually expanded to include politics, long published on a twice-monthly basis — meaning more than 1,000 cover opportunities through the decades — and only recently moved to a monthly magazine format. This is part of some changes happening under Penske Media Corp., which at the tail end of 2017 took a majority stake in the title. PMC is also the parent company of WWD. Catriona Ni Aolain, who in August joined Rolling Stone as its director of creative content, said she’d

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