The adorable story behind 3-year-old’s viral Spider-Man birthday photos: ‘Don’t call her Spider-Girl’

A little girl’s Spider-Man photoshoot has captured the hearts of thousands on the internet, including those of actors Viola Davis and Michael B. Jordan.

Diamond Jackson, a professional photographer in Montgomery, Alabama, said that her youngest daughter’s love for the Marvel Comics character started during a trip at Target.

“We were literally walking through Target one day and she saw maybe a Spider-Man book bag or a lunchbox,” Jackson said. “We had never watched Spider-Man on TV — she just saw him in the store that day and fell in love with him.”

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Demi insisted that she wore a Spider-Man costume for her 3rd birthday photoshoot.

Jackson, a mom of three, said that Demi doesn’t like doing photoshoots. She takes photos all the time of her girls, and Demi is the most difficult.

It was different this time because the children were actually doing something she enjoyed.

Demi Rose Jackson posing in her Spider-Man costume
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“So everybody asked me, ‘How did I get her to pose that way?’ Well, it was natural for her because that’s really what she wanted to do. This shoot was really all about her and her love for Spider-Man,” she said.

Demi’s eldest sister, Denver, helped hold the little Spider-Man’s string as she shot her web.

Denver said that her sister, like most toddlers is a bit of an annoying little thing.

“At home, she’s active. She’s always torturing us. She’s very bad. But she’s sweet,” she said.

Demi Rose Jackson posing in her Spider-Man costume
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Jackson got the costume from a local store and altered it so the suit could show Demi’s adorable afro-puffs.

“I really want them to embrace their natural hair,” she explained. “I think it’s important for them to love every part about themselves, and when I say ‘them’ I mean all three of my daughters. It was to the point where I cut my own hair to go natural, to let them know if I can love myself like this, then you can too.”

“I think afros were always kind of big, but long ago it wasn’t,” Denver said. “But I think after the Spider-Man photo, it made a big, big difference and inspired a lot of people.”

Jackson wanted people to be able to tell that the costume was worn by a little girl and not a boy.

Demi Rose Jackson posing in her Spider-Man costume
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“This was a little girl who loves Spider-Man. She didn’t want to be Spider-Girl. She loves Spider-Man. And why not? Spider-Man can wear whatever mask he chooses. She wanted the suit, so I had to make that happen,” she said.

Jackson shared Demi’s Spider-Man pictures, which show her overlooking downtown Mobile, Alabama, on her Facebook photography page, Rae’s Bleu Rose Photography, and the post quickly went viral. Since January 15, it has been liked by 36,000 people and shared 76,000 times.

Viola Davis shared Demi’s photos on her Instagram, writing, “This is everything!!!” Marvel’s own Michael B. Jordan also shared them on his Instagram stories.

Jackson has had pictures go viral before, but she never anticipated that Demi’s Spider-Man photos would inspire many people. She did the photoshoot simply because she loves Spider-Man.

Diamond Jackson and her three daughters standing on a sunflower field
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Demi couldn’t stop looking at photos of herself dressed as her favorite character. Jackson said that Demi would often run off with her smartphone and show the photos to anyone she saw.

Jackson thinks these Spider-Man photoshoots could become an annual affair—and the family certainly would have no complaints.

“I mean, at this point the whole family likes Spider-Man!” she said. “We want to take it to the next level every year.”

Jackson’s love for photography started at a young age, but she didn’t really get into the business until after her second daughter was born in 2016. You could show this mom some love and support by following Rae’s Bleu Rose Photography on Facebook.

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