Can we share all the photos taken from his last show in Atlanta here? Pro, Audience, editorial and otherwise. I'll start with a few.

Some say this was the last photo of him at the last show.

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In the 1st photo, Do you see a odd shape above his head formed by the smoke???

I have the same photo in Entertaiment magazine and you can see that figure in the magazine.

beacheemom said:

I think he looks fine personally, no thinner than he ever was, he looks great there. Lighting and clothes can always make things appear differently, that is all I see happening here imo.

Thanks for starting this thread! I've been wanting to see more pics of this show since a lot of video isn't available. For me, I'm not sure if sickness or impending doom is what I'm seeing. Age certainly caught up with him in some ways is all I can say. He held up very well over the years, all things considered.

Maybe it’s just because we now know this was his last performance, but when I look at the photos he seems a lot more somber. He always had a mysterious and mischievous spark. I don’t see it here. So sad. But the blessing is that whatever it was that was ailing him, is ailing him no more.

SexFiendNikki said:

Maybe it’s just because we now know this was his last performance, but when I look at the photos he seems a lot more somber. He always had a mysterious and mischievous spark. I don’t see it here. So sad. But the blessing is that whatever it was that was ailing him, is ailing him no more.

He is singing purple rain in those photos, he always looks somber singing that.

leadline said:

I think he looks fine personally, no thinner than he ever was, he looks great there. Lighting and clothes can always make things appear differently, that is all I see happening here imo.

Yes... Sorry, but I also don't see something that would be alarming. He's always been thin, the clothes are wide, the photos aren't perfect. Obviously, there was something wrong with him, I'm just not sure you can really see it here.

Strive said:

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leadline said:

SexFiendNikki said:

Maybe it’s just because we now know this was his last performance, but when I look at the photos he seems a lot more somber. He always had a mysterious and mischievous spark. I don’t see it here. So sad. But the blessing is that whatever it was that was ailing him, is ailing him no more.

He is singing purple rain in those photos, he always looks somber singing that.

True. I didn't know what song he was singing there. Thanks!

beacheemom said:

SexFiendNikki said:

Maybe it’s just because we now know this was his last performance, but when I look at the photos he seems a lot more somber. He always had a mysterious and mischievous spark. I don’t see it here. So sad. But the blessing is that whatever it was that was ailing him, is ailing him no more.

Weeks (or months) of bad health can definitely drain a lot of your spirit away.

Wow, wow. sad again.

headtripparade said:

I honestly don't think he's any thinner than normal here. His clothes are somewhat baggy and his hair is giant so that's going to affect how his body looks. However, I do see something off with his face. He was definitely fatigued. The bags under his eyes seem slightly more evident (and with how much he retouched his photos I'm not sure I understand why he would go on stage without 5 pounds of makeup to cover it up) and he just looks so effing tired. Part of me feels like he looks slightly pale but concert lighting is always wacky so that's not really a statement I could make and be confident in.

Turn the house lights on, it all goes away. I really think it is just lighting creating this effect. And that larger picture where he is reaching for the mic is not from that show, it is from January or early Feb.

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headtripparade said:

It could very well be the lighting, but we do need to face facts here--mere hours after these photos were taken the man was unconscious and making an emergency landing. Less than a week later he was dead. While I don't think he looked like the green crypt keeper skeleton a lot of people are seeing in their hindsight grief, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect him to at least look somewhat exhausted. Obviously he was suffering some kind of problem, whether it was illness, extreme pain, or pill addiction. There's zero reason for him to look 100% cool and as lovely and flawless as he's looked for the whole of his career--things were nosediving quickly by the time this show rolled around.

I can respect that viewpoint, we will just have to agree to disagree on part of it.

There are pictures throughout his entire career where he looks much worse simply due to lighting. To me he looks 100% in these shots, the larger pic is from Jan, Feb, so not sure why that one is even in the mix, the others pics from the last night he is singing purple rain, in low light, with various shadows being cast on his face, and of course looking somber and feeling the emotion becuase well....he is singing Purple Rain.

All accounts a few days later at the dance party from fans when he came out to talk to the crowd and show off his new guitar were that he looked perfectly fine.

All accounts of people close to him that saw him between the last show and April 21st state he looked fine, nothing to be concerned about. Sure he may have been in pain, but physically, he looked the same as he always did.

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SexFiendNikki said:

He always had a mysterious and mischievous spark. I don’t see it here.

"mischievous spark" was definitely on hand... after 'I Would Die 4 U', when he started 'Baby I'm a Star' but cut it short and said 'Y'all aren't ready for that', he got up and kinda ran back and forth the front of the stage... I'd almost say he looked giddy at how much he had all of us in the palm of his hand.

I think subconsciously we relate how a person looks to how old we know or think they are. Plus with hindsight people will always look at things differently . I'm not saying he wasn't thin but he's always been and if he was this weight at 25, you wouldn't be as concerned. Well maybe. Depends how you think. But that coat would make anyone who is slim look slimmer no matter the age.

Eyes are the window to the soul they say but you can't really judge on a certain moment in a certain motion necessarily.Another second later and he could be smiling so it's hard to say based on photos.

To me the video is more revealing . He seemed reflective like he was in this tour but it's when he said he had been ' under the weather ' . Something about that moment concerned me .

But come on. He is 57. No 57 year old looks like they are 35/40 but based on these pics, prince is the best example i've seen in a celeb / non celeb.

I dont see it that much in these pictures.But,the same pictures others have posted i see it.Seems strange i know.I notice it mostly with the afro pictures though.Tiredness may be the answer in a few pictures but,what about the others? First i thought weight loss yes some.Face lift ,tinge darker skin,he aged some but,still looks very young its crazy.His cheeks appear sunken in a little.

With his chef saying that sometimes he'd only have a single bite of cake and Prince himself talking about not eating/drinking for days at a time, it almost makes me think that he had some type of eating disorder.

destinyc1 said:

I dont see it that much in these pictures.But,the same pictures others have posted i see it.Seems strange i know.I notice it mostly with the afro pictures though.Tiredness may be the answer in a few pictures but,what about the others? First i thought weight loss yes some.Face lift ,tinge darker skin,he aged some but,still looks very young its crazy.His cheeks appear sunken in a little.

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Well two years is a long time when you are in your 50s. Anyway I was in the first 5 rows for both ATL shows and besides thinking that he looked a bit thin at the time, he looked fine besides that and not particularly unhealthy, by any stretch. Of course if he was pumped up on painkillers (and whatever else), that could be why he looked fine.

He definitely did not look well. He was always skinny, but fit, smooth, muscular. He looked gaunt during the past year and didn't have the playfulness that he'd always had. I'm not sure if it's an illness, the drugs, or some combination.

Don't remember where I read it but someone close to him commented how they'd noticed he'd been depressed.

It all just sucks.