--- title: Beyonce: Jay Z Takes Instagram Photo of Singer description: In a photo posted to her website, Jay Z reveals himself in a mirror reflection as the photographer behind one of the flawless images. canonical: https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T18:18:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:54.019Z og:title: Jay Z Is the Ideal Instagram Husband Behind Beyoncé's Snaps og:description: A mirror pic posted to her site reveals the truth about Bey's husband. og:url: https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jay Z Is the Ideal Instagram Husband Behind Beyoncé's Snaps twitter:description: A mirror pic posted to her site reveals the truth about Bey's husband. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Finally, There's Proof that Jay Z Is the Perfect Instagram Husband Behind Beyoncé's Flawless Pictures > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 28, 2016 6:18 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 28, 2016 6:18 PM UTC Time to put those [_Lemonade_ rumors of marital unease](http://time.com/4305896/beyonce-lemonade-jay-z/?iid=sr-link2) to rest once and for all, because Jay Z and Beyoncé have officially proven that they have reached relationship #goals. It all comes down to an important detail in one of Queen Bey’s flawless-as-usual [snaps posted to her website](http://www.beyonce.com/vault/) documenting the European leg of her _Formation_ world tour. While Bey poses casually in an elevator, the person behind the camera is revealed, reflected in the mirror. And it turns out that it’s Jay Z himself who’s behind this (and, we presume, many more) classically perfect image. The title of the pic? “MY LIFE.” > [](https://twitter.com/XLNB/status/757981964695588864) So now we know: not only is [Jay a supportive spouse](http://time.com/4310813/beyonce-dedicated-halo-to-jay-z-formation-world-tour/?iid=sr-link9), but he’s clearly also an excellent candid photographer, making him [the perfect Instagram husband ](http://www.people.com/article/instagram-husbands-tell-their-stories-in-video)— a holy grail of qualities that most prolific users of the photo-sharing app can only dream of finding combined in one partner. Not to mention that Jay Z’s mirror-selfie form is on point. Meanwhile in Paris, the couple [remain the picture of marital bliss](http://www.vogue.com/13462051/beyonce-jay-z-date-night-knit-dressing-celebrity-street-style/?mbid=social%5Ftwitter). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/"},"headline":"Finally, There's Proof that Jay Z Is the Perfect Instagram Husband Behind Beyoncé's Flawless Pictures","datePublished":"2016-07-28T18:18:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:54.019Z","description":"The power couple shows how it's done","url":"https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Beyonce","Jay-z"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429013/finally-theres-proof-that-jay-z-is-the-perfect-instagram-husband-behind-beyonces-flawless-pictures/","name":"Finally, There's Proof that Jay Z Is the Perfect Instagram Husband Behind Beyoncé's Flawless Pictures"}}]}] ```