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Thread started 02/10/14 2:26pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Prince - Amazing Shots From Prince's First Photoshoot To Be Exhibited In Hollywood

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Never-before seen shots of a 17-year-old Princeare to be exhibited for the first time as part of a touring display that will launch in Los Angeles later this month (Feb14).

Photographer Robert Whitman's shots from his three 1977 sessions with Prince, which really capture the artist as a young man on the verge of superstardom, have been locked away - until now.

Whitman, now in his 60s, was just starting out as a commercial photographer in his native Minneapolis, Minnesota when he got the call to shoot music producer Owen Husney's new local discovery for a pitch to record companies.

He tells Wenn, "I didn't know anything about him and he was shy and I was nervous. I knew he was going to do something big when they played me his track Soft & Wet and he performed at his studio. I got goosebumps.

"The shots were for Prince's first press kit. We only used a few of the shots and created just 15 kits."

Prince and the photographer teamed up for their first session at Whitman's studio in a Minneapolis ice-cream factory.

He recalls, "I had no idea what I was doing - I had Prince kneeling by this awful furniture and blowing bubbles. I was trying everything I could think of."

But Prince never forgot his first photographer: "About 10 years later I was on the phone at LaGuardia Airport (in New York) and Prince walked by and said, 'Whitman, how are you?'"

The snapper became an in-demand fine art photographer and he filed away his Prince shots, only occasionally showing them off to friends who showed an interest in the star.

He adds, "I had not even thought of them and then I started to think about what to do with my archive and I discovered this young agent, called Jesse Blatt, who came to the studio, took one look at these Prince shots and started talking about a touring exhibition. It's very exciting."

The collection will debut at Hollywood's Mr. Musichead gallery on 20 February (14). The exhibition will run for a month.

The shots will also be part of a Whitman retrospective that he hopes to debut at the K Gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia in March (14).

Eye will b attending!!!

http://www.contactmusic.com/story/amazing-shots-from-prince-s-first-photoshoot-to-be-exhibited-in-hollywood_4061367

[Edited 2/10/14 15:40pm]

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #1 posted 02/10/14 2:49pm

Byron

I had Prince kneeling by this awful furniture and blowing bubbles.

falloff falloff

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Reply #2 posted 02/10/14 3:14pm

SirLancelot

Aw, man, Mr. Musichead was right down the road from my apartment in Hollywood and where I used to get my art framed. Great, great place.


Here are some great exhibition pics from their site - http://mrmusichead.com/ev...ince-1977/

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Reply #3 posted 02/11/14 5:03am

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This is cool but if these pics have been locked away all this time, I have no idea how I happen to have seen them already. geek
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Reply #4 posted 02/11/14 5:54am

novabrkr

Impressive harmonic and rhythmic nuances.

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Reply #5 posted 02/11/14 6:04am

BobGeorge909

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Who's/what song is on the wall. This is a locale in Minne?...no?
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Reply #6 posted 02/11/14 6:43am

MadeUpName

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Maurice Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit.” Minneapolis: N 44° 58.421 W 093° 16.398 (10th & Marquette). The mural is still up after all these years (I made a point of going to see it last year after the MYTH 3EG shows).
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Reply #7 posted 02/11/14 6:44am

stuart3121

BobGeorge909 said:

Who's/what song is on the wall. This is a locale in Minne?...no?


http://www.waymarking.com...eapolis_MN

Here's a link that talks about the history of the building as a music store and also tells u what song is painted on the building
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Reply #8 posted 02/11/14 7:10am

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

This is cool but if these pics have been locked away all this time, I have no idea how I happen to have seen them already. geek

I've only seen the 2nd pic where his shoulders/head are showing

There are others from this shoot we've seen, but I've never see the other 2

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Reply #9 posted 02/11/14 7:12am

purplesnowlove

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buy him some decent clothes.. biggrin
a prince news a day, keeps the doctor away prince
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Reply #10 posted 02/11/14 7:15am

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purplesnowlove said:

buy him some decent clothes.. biggrin


Those were decent clothes in the 70s. lol

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Reply #11 posted 02/11/14 7:55am

KCOOLMUZIQ

OldFriends4Sale said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

This is cool but if these pics have been locked away all this time, I have no idea how I happen to have seen them already. geek

I've only seen the 2nd pic where his shoulders/head are showing

There are others from this shoot we've seen, but I've never see the other 2

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eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #12 posted 02/11/14 9:24am

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What's with the towel hanging out of his pants?
The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

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All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #13 posted 02/11/14 11:23am

luvsexy4all

like its a coincidence THESE r out NOW.....with his newfound afro

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Reply #14 posted 02/11/14 12:49pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Prince being a HUGE MEGA star! Any old pics found of him is worth millions. Since he is rarely seen in public....

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #15 posted 02/11/14 1:09pm

nursev

wow dude knew how to tie a scarf around his waist pimp
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Reply #16 posted 02/11/14 8:00pm

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

This is cool but if these pics have been locked away all this time, I have no idea how I happen to have seen them already. geek

Apparently, there are more photos in the exhibit than these, which are on the website for the exhibit.
I'm tempted to go over and take a look - would love to see the one of him "kneeling by some furniture blowing bubbles." lol
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Reply #17 posted 02/12/14 1:25am

Madhouse6

He doesn't seem to have aged much although I am sure makeup hides a few wrinkles but at least he has not had any surgery that we are aware of and being a JW I am sure it would frowned upon and I have heard it said he doesn't even like tattoos
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Reply #18 posted 02/13/14 11:44pm

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nursev said:

wow dude knew how to tie a scarf around his waist pimp

I do that, who knew Prince did that too? mad

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Reply #19 posted 02/14/14 12:21am

batman89

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What's that I see around a young Princes neck? A prophetic pre-symbol arrow pendant?

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Reply #20 posted 02/14/14 12:43am

Bluu

OldFriends4Sale said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

This is cool but if these pics have been locked away all this time, I have no idea how I happen to have seen them already. geek

I've only seen the 2nd pic where his shoulders/head are showing

There are others from this shoot we've seen, but I've never see the other 2

Same here. I do not recognise the other two photos

The mural in the background is perfect. All the shots look like he is dreaming music. So appropriately symbolic.

What an absolute cutie pie he is in these pics. fallinluv

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Reply #21 posted 02/14/14 1:01am

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batman89 said:

What's that I see around a young Princes neck? A prophetic pre-symbol arrow pendant?

He was shy you know, so it's directions for the ladies.

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Reply #22 posted 02/14/14 4:04am

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NouveauDance said:



batman89 said:


What's that I see around a young Princes neck? A prophetic pre-symbol arrow pendant?



He was shy you know, so it's directions for the ladies.


Very cute. lol
What?
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Reply #23 posted 02/15/14 1:15pm

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If the pix were taken in '77, wouldnt that make Prince 18 or19?

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #24 posted 02/15/14 4:19pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

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If the pix were taken in '77, wouldnt that make Prince 18 or19?

Prince put his age back two years back then. He got away with it, because he looked much younger & still does...

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #25 posted 02/16/14 12:51am

SirLancelot

Some new images. Loving these!

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[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p3_zps7e7b30ee.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p4_zps1ec53747.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p5_zps2b9af12d.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p8_zps74e6ce6e.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p2_zps47d300be.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p6_zps8f86d160.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/SirLancelots/p7_zpsbe9e179f.jpg[/img:$uid]

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Reply #26 posted 02/16/14 1:50am

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Nice cool

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Reply #27 posted 02/16/14 7:30am

dualboot

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Nice shots, A really happy or truthfull moment for this guy there.

What's the statement of the long piece of toiletpaper? 70-ties thing?

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Reply #28 posted 02/16/14 7:40am

KCOOLMUZIQ

These pics that were passed over by Prince, show a more boy next door wholesome look, It would have fit perfecty with his then black teen idol phase . I guess he decided not to go 4 that look. He chose a more dark mysterious look instead that fit his incognito image....

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #29 posted 02/16/14 7:51am

Billmenever

He grew his afro back just in the nick of time.

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