http://instagram.com/p/gdBWTNuJao/

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Pretty chill close up shot.

Thanks banishedones666

The photo of the moment is of PRiNCe caught by Madison Dubé. This brilliant black and white shot is up close and way intense.

This shot was posted to Madison's Instagram page.

Madison had this to say along with the picture:

"We can't wait to show you the rest of the magic. #Prince"

Great shot, but all that airbrush under his eyes kills the magic to me... It makes it even worse, I mean, got me think "How bad must his skin be to need all that airbrush??"

Act your age not your shoe size... We'll love you just the same, promise!

Nice shot, but without new music everything has come to a complete stop.

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I'm not talking about throw away singles and remixes by others... I'm talkin' about... I'm talkin' about... a new ALBUM, i.e. body of work/collection of songs.

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I'm sticking to my theory from 2 years ago. Prince is intimidated by the magnificence of the 'Lotusflow3r' album, and discouraged from the rejection of what was the original version of the '20ten' album. He was obviously planning on that being HUGE. Graphics, clothes, releasing 'Cause & Effect' to radio, etc.

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After he was turned down in some sort of proposed distribution deal, he simply lost interest in distributing albums... even said he was done releasing albums.

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It appeared that he was close to releasing a new album when he had a new line of clothes and even graphics on his Vox guitar that matched, along with the lyrics graphics for 'Screwdriver'. You know... the twin flames graphics.

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~G.

[Edited 11/8/13 6:35am]

OldFriends4Sale said:

Why does he look evil and mean as he ages? (Let the bashing on G3000 begin)

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I can't look at him. I just can't. It's making me not want to listen to the new music. Is that weird?

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The fake look is really a turn off.

Giovanni777 said:

Nice shot, but without new music everything has come to a complete stop.

.

I'm not talking about throw away singles and remixes by others... I'm talkin' about... I'm talkin' about... a new ALBUM, i.e. body of work/collection of songs.

.

I'm sticking to my theory from 2 years ago. Prince is intimidated by the magnificence of the 'Lotusflow3r' album, and discouraged from the rejection of what was the original version of the '20ten' album. He was obviously planning on that being HUGE. Graphics, clothes, releasing 'Cause & Effect' to radio, etc.

.

After he was turned down in some sort of proposed distribution deal, he simply lost interest in distributing albums... even said he was done releasing albums.

.

It appeared that he was close to releasing a new album when he had a new line of clothes and even graphics on his Vox guitar that matched, along with the lyrics graphics for 'Screwdriver'. You know... the twin flames graphics.

.

~G.

[Edited 11/8/13 6:35am]

all the latest press keeps mentioning an early 2014 3rd eye girl release...so he's just stalling as usual

Prince? Or Le Petit Prince? I can't tell the difference anymore!

toejam said:

Evil & mean? C'mon now.

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coffeebreak said:

Great shot, but all that airbrush under his eyes kills the magic to me... It makes it even worse, I mean, got me think "How bad must his skin be to need all that airbrush??"

Act your age not your shoe size... We'll love you just the same, promise!

You can see the pores on his nose, but there are none on his cheeks.

Just like on my face.

Prince-pout in full effect.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Prince-pout in full effect.

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I can tell they used a lot of magic on this photo...

And why airbrush only one hand and not the other, or at least hide his dirty fingernails

7roses said:

"You're so vain..."

I'm past believing P looks anything like this smoothed 30-ish creation. That's pretty much what it is, a creation.

Dirty fingernails?

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P has booooootiful hands. I've always thought so.

loving this pic alot love his eyes cant wait to see more

I've always been a firm believer that a person's eyes are the window to their soul.

The difference in his eyes that I see, when looking at this...

and this...

makes my very spirit ache! And sadly - Photoshop has nothing...at all - to do with it.

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I don't understand why dude keeps working with all these young people, it doesn't make him younger and trust me, it doesn't make young people interested(I'm young myself and most people just side-eye Prince). If he did amazing music, nobody would ignore him and we all know he can. He needs to work with people who have experience and could help him accept the age he is, because it's not the way you look on the outside that makes you young or old, it's the inside that matters at the end of the day. He shouldn't be scared of getting old, because it means he made it when so many people didn't. I just wish he could get it together and find himself, because he seems somehow lost to me. I'm sure 20-year old Prince never imagined to be the 55-year old Prince he is.

How old r u?

GoldDolphin said:

I don't understand why dude keeps working with all these young people, it doesn't make him younger and trust me, it doesn't make young people interested(I'm young myself and most people just side-eye Prince). If he did amazing music, nobody would ignore him and we all know he can. He needs to work with people who have experience and could help him accept the age he is, because it's not the way you look on the outside that makes you young or old, it's the inside that matters at the end of the day. He shouldn't be scared of getting old, because it means he made it when so many people didn't. I just wish he could get it together and find himself, because he seems somehow lost to me. I'm sure 20-year old Prince never imagined to be the 55-year old Prince he is.

To be fair - the first image posted by OldFriends4Sale is vertically stretched.

The second posting of the image by HatrinaHaterwitz is the correct proportion and looks far less alien.

Prince: < smoldering and > music, please.

As much as love seeing his hands and think they are beautiful, I dislike his frequent usage of the "cheesy Glamour Shots" pose

Otherwise, cool pic.

Not my favorite pic at all.

Doozer said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I've always been a firm believer that a person's eyes are the window to their soul.

The difference in his eyes that I see, when looking at this...

and this...

makes my very spirit ache! And sadly - Photoshop has nothing...at all - to do with it.

[Edited 11/8/13 13:08pm]

Like you, I also believe the eyes give alot away about a person and I see why you may think that these two photos show that, but alot of the photographic technique makes the eyes appear different, which is very noticeble in the first photo (especially the pupils)...otherwise they are clearly the same eyes...

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I've always been a firm believer that a person's eyes are the window to their soul.

The difference in his eyes that I see, when looking at this...

and this...

makes my very spirit ache! And sadly - Photoshop has nothing...at all - to do with it.

[Edited 11/8/13 13:08pm]

What is the spirit-aching difference you're seeing in his eyes?