How nepo child photographer Gray Sorrenti received Romeo Beckham’s coronary heart

She’s hit headlines after locking lips with David Beckham and Victoria Beckham‘s son Romeo Beckham in New York City on Saturday.

But the former footballer’s new flame, model-turned-photographer Gray Sorrenti, 23, has already made quite a name for herself in the fashion industry.

She’s shot for a slew of big magazines and brands including Calvin Klein, Saint Laurent, Harper’s Bazaar, WSJ Magazine, and i-D, and she has had her work featured on billboards across New York, Los Angeles, and Paris.

The celeb-approved photographer, who boasts 123,000 followers on Instagram, also isn’t afraid of showing some skin on camera as she regularly shares daring snaps on her social media platform, including several naked pictures.

Daughter of renowned fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti, 52, who’s best known for shooting Kate Moss‘ Calvin Klein Obsession ads back in the 90s, nepo baby Gray has previously insisted she’s not in her chosen career because of her father.

Instead, she’s claimed the passion for her profession ‘kind of naturally came to me’, adding to Business of Fashion in August: ‘I didn’t become a photographer because my dad’s a photographer.’

Romeo and Gray were first linked last month after being spotted alongside one another at the YSL after show during Paris Fashion Week – but they’ve previously already worked with one another.

So while it’s unclear how they met, Gray previously took photos of Romeo for a Saint Laurent campaign in July 2022, and the lovebirds’ parents are friendly with each other.

Gray’s father Mario shot the campaign for Posh Spice’s first collaboration with Reebok in 2019, while the fashion designer has followed her son’s new flame on Instagram for years.

Meanwhile, a resurfaced picture showed David and Victoria at an event with Gray’s parents five years ago. 

The Beckhams were joined by photography couple Mario and his wife, artist Mary Frey, at the launch of Reebok x Victoria Beckham in Manhattan.   

Two years prior to that, Romeo’s brother Beckham was also spotted out at an event with Gray’s father Mario.

Brooklyn and Mario posed for snaps at the launch of his and supermodel Kate’s OBSESSED Calvin Klein fragrance at Spencer House, London, in 2017.

Gray grew up in Riverdale in the Bronx with her father, brother, and mother, and attended an elite private school on the Upper West Side, where she mingled with other celebrity children, including Maya Hawke.

She recalled spending a lot of time on sets with her father as a child to Document Journal, explaining, ‘I played, bugged the stylists, chatted with the models, hung out with the hairdressers and makeup artist.

‘I witnessed his whole beautiful process of creating an image, studying light, connecting with his subjects, researching, editing, printing and his meticulous layouts.’

She started taking photos herself when she was 13 years old, and she would often capture various events and people around New York City. 

‘From an early age, I was intrigued by imagery and film,’ she told Elle magazine. ‘I would spend hours in my tiny room setting up scenarios and acting them out, so I guess that’s where it started.

‘I can’t ever remember not being surrounded by beautiful mind-bending images that are forever ingrained in me.’

By the time she was finished with high school, Gray, was already a success, with campaigns for Loewe and Dazed under her belt.

‘My high school graduation was in the middle of Saint Laurent campaigns,’ she recalled to Business of Fashion. ‘I flew to LA to shoot women’s, flew back to New York to graduate, and flew back to LA to do men’s.’

She explained to Document Journal that she has her father on ‘speed dial,’ and often turns to him for advice.

‘We talk all of the time – not only about pictures, but also about life, love, art, and practical things, as well,’ she shared.

‘He gives great love advice. His attention to detail is phenomenal. I love his process and feel very lucky to be influenced by him and his art.’

However, speaking to Vogue Australia in 2019 in a joint interview with her father, she insisted that Mario ‘did not influence’ her and instead photography came ‘naturally’ to her.

She said: ‘I’ve grown up in a house of artists and I’ve observed this my whole life. I didn’t really know that I wanted to be a photographer; it wasn’t something that my dad told me I had to do. 

‘It kind of naturally came to me – I guess one day I picked up a camera that my dad gave me and it felt good. I just couldn’t stop taking pictures. My first camera was a film camera so that’s how I started and still what I’m doing today. 

‘As soon as I got to high school, my school had a dark room and I spent hours and hours in there. It’s kind of the same way my dad’s love for it evolved – mine evolved in the same manner. I had him to watch and I was able to learn from his experiences.’

Growing up among the high society in New York, Gray apparently spent some of her earlier years taking pictures at anti-Trump rallies and at parties at Canal Street art stores, reported Tatler. 

In recent months, she’s landed impressive cover shoots including Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston for WSJ. magazine, and Rihanna for Harper’s Bazaar. She’s also shot Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid for Saint Laurent

She’s previously admitted to being a ‘wild child’ with a passion for riding dirt bikes and has also suggested she’s a hopeless romantic.

Speaking to Elle Magazine in 2018, she said: ‘I’m a lover; I was raised in love. It’s what drives me, so I’m into documenting my friends and the madness in the world at this present time.’

Her documenting includes showcasing her sensational figure in the nude on her Instagram page.

In one naked post, Gray penned a letter to New York while standing outside in the city.

She wrote: ‘TO NEW YORK. I can’t love you enough! I don’t know if it’s the way you raised me, or the way I raised you, but we’ve carried each other and now we are here with more than a love but a life.

‘Standing here as I did when I came into this world, I feel like you and you feel like me. I love you because of how real you are, how much you care, and how the nonsense never fazes you.

‘You are always thinking. Your heart is always beating. You are my first love and you will be my last.

‘Although I carry feelings, memories, lessons and thoughts from around the world, for some reason I always come back to you.

‘I am free with you, able to be myself with you. You don’t care if I have dirty sneakers. You don’t care if I spilled coffee on my shirt. You don’t care if I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, because you can handle it and I can handle you! It’s just the New York way.

‘Here is a love letter to you, or maybe a thank you for all that you have given me. Just a small piece of our time together.

‘But it’ll never be as good as it is in person, when my two dirty sneakers are on your ground and I tell you. I love you!’

In addition to her booming photography career, Gray – who has racked up a slew of celebrity friends, including Bella Hadid, Fai Khadra, and Luka Sabbat – is also a successful model and has a passion for dirt biking.

She and former football star Romeo, 22, were first linked in September, as they attended the YSL after show together during Paris Fashion Week.

They seemed to confirm that they were dating earlier this week, as they were caught packing on the PDA while out for a stroll in New York City.