Victoria Beckham is reflecting on a cherished family moment shared between the husband David Beckham and his three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo i crossin the midst of the family’s ongoing conflicts.
In one Instagram shared post on Thursday, January 22, photographer Platon Antoniou shared a series of photos from a 2006 photoshoot with David, now 50.
“In 2006 I traveled to Madrid to photograph David Beckham,” Antoniou wrote. “She was playing for REAL MADRID and by now she was one of the biggest superstars in the world. Her family came to visit her that day. Victoria arrived with Brooklyn, who was seven, Romeo, who was four, and Cruz, who was just a baby.”
Antoniou continued, “Brooklyn and Romeo came into the studio with soccer teams, kicking balls, doing headers and other tricks. While Victoria was busy with the kids, I started working with David. At one point, Brooklyn ran onto the set with the soccer ball under his arm and hugged his father’s right leg. Romeo then joined his older brother. Then the Cruz family also pulled away from his older brother for a personal and heartfelt group hug. It was a heartwarming thing: that spontaneous moment of affection that happens in a giant photograph in front of 60 people comes at a huge price, and it’s often family members who pay, too.
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Antoniou noted that “seeing that tenderness was very touching,” adding that “I knew it would make a beautiful picture, especially since this famous family (was) not in front of my camera.”
“But my portraits are always collaborative and I’m never comfortable stealing a moment,” she wrote. “Had I taken a single frame, it would have betrayed trust and invaded privacy. So I put down the camera and took a picture with just my eyes.”
Antoniou continued: “After the session, I approached Victoria and asked her if we could recreate the family hug that I had seen from my perspective. She smiled softly and said, “Thank you for not taking this picture earlier. I’m not here today as a celebrity, I’m here as a mother. I hope you don’t mind if it happens respectfully.”
Antoniou shared that he found Victoria’s “human response dignified and sincere.”
“Then, sensing my slight disappointment, Victoria said, ‘But David’s going to shoot back.'” So I photographed David all by himself looking the other way: a naked man, no belt, no designer shirt, no fancy watch,” he wrote.
Alongside the post, Antoniou shared a black-and-white photo of David shirtless and looking away from the camera, with his ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Romeo’ and ‘Cruz’ tattoos visible as he wet jeans. (David and Victoria, 51, also shares daughter Harper Seven14.)
In another image, David turned his head halfway towards the camera and looked off into the distance.
“I’m usually drawn to the eyes, but when we can’t see the face we look for other clues that might reveal someone’s humanity,” he concluded. “In this picture, even though David is alone, we see the love of his children tattooed on his back. Family is everything. David Beckham, I salute you.”
David and Victoria Beckham shared gorgeous photos from the retired soccer star’s 50th birthday party, and their son Brooklyn was noticeably absent. “Making special memories with family and friends. We love you all ❤️,” David, 50, and Victoria, 51, captioned a joint Instagram post on Sunday, May 4, tagging sons Romeo and Cruz and (…)
In the comments section, Victoria wrote: “Brings back great memories! ❤️.”
The post comes days after Brooklyn, 26, made headlines when she broke her silence about her ongoing feud with her parents in a long statement on social networks. On the upload, Brooklyn shared that he did “He doesn’t want to reconcile” with his family and alleged that his parents have “relentlessly tried to ruin (his) relationship” with his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham. (Us Weekly contacted representatives for David and Victoria at the time.)
“I’ve been controlled by my parents for most of my life,” she wrote via her Instagram story on Monday, January 19. “I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since I moved away from my family, this anxiety is gone. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and I have found my wife, the peace and relief I do not want, I have not found the life, peace and relief press. The manipulation we want peace, intimacy and happiness for us and our future family.