https://www.wmagazine.com...photos/all

There are about 15 awesome pics there by Nicole Nodland. This is my favorite:



And yes, somehow/someway, I still want that hat!

Great set of never seen photos! Awesome

That Hat is Truly Princely and Awesome!

Thanks for sharing. #6 pic is my favorite.

PennyPurple said:

Thanks for sharing. #6 pic is my favorite.

Great pics and some of these pics were already seen and even used:

I have an official T-shirt of the second picture bought at the second 1995 Gold show in Holland.

Pic 6 and 15 were published in a magazine.

Pic 11 and 12 were official posters.

I love the 'Dolphin' video shot, even though it's been reversed.

Mayte looks good in the pink. Not too mention, she is almost "visible" in the group photo from Miami (black outfit).

Wonderful photos thank you. I think Prince wants you to have a hat, someway somehow!

They got his age wrong, 59 yesterday.

purplepoppy said:

Wonderful photos thank you. I think Prince wants you to have a hat, someway somehow!

They got his age wrong, 59 yesterday.

Yaaasssss!!! Speak it to fruition!

Like Prince, his fans are definitely a special bunch, because when I look at these pics from a non fan perspective, I could see why they would question why we loved the guy, or what we saw in him, because many would probably see them as weird or out there.

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1contessa said:

Like Prince, his fans are definitely a special bunch, because when I look at these pics from a non fan perspective, I could see why they would question why we loved the guy, or what we saw in him, because many would probably see them as weird or out there.

[Edited 6/8/17 10:32am]

I must not have gotten the memo. When exactly did we start caring what non-fans think?

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

purplepoppy said:

Wonderful photos thank you. I think Prince wants you to have a hat, someway somehow!

They got his age wrong, 59 yesterday.

Yaaasssss!!! Speak it to fruition!

[Edited 6/8/17 17:22pm]

Awesome pic!!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

1contessa said:

Like Prince, his fans are definitely a special bunch, because when I look at these pics from a non fan perspective, I could see why they would question why we loved the guy, or what we saw in him, because many would probably see them as weird or out there.

[Edited 6/8/17 10:32am]

I must not have gotten the memo. When exactly did we start caring what non-fans think?

We don't, was just looking at the pics and thought of all the time I've been asked why do I like Prince, and having others tell me how weird he was, and how they couldn't understand what I and others saw in him, nothing more. I was just looking at all the pics, and was thinking about how I could see why they thought that, by the different styles he had.

1contessa said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I must not have gotten the memo. When exactly did we start caring what non-fans think?

We don't, was just looking at the pics and thought of all the time I've been asked why do I like Prince, and having others tell me how weird he was, and how they couldn't understand what I and others saw in him, nothing more. I was just looking at all the pics, and was thinking about how I could see why they thought that, by the different styles he had.

Oh okay. See, for me it would weird for anyone to ask me "why do I like Prince" or tell me "how weird he was, and how they couldn't understand what I and others saw in him".

They just know better, I guess.

This is not my favourite era of Prince's in terms of his fashion, but I very much enjoyed looking at the photos.

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Below, I am providing some additional information on the photos. I saw some of the photos on pinterest, which people pinned from the W Magazine website. When I did some internet searches about Nicole Nodland and about photographs of Prince from the mid 1990s, I came across 3 sources for Nicole Nodland's recently-released photographs of Prince. It appears that W Magazine was the first outlet to publish the photos. Dazed and US of America also published the photos. Dazed and US of America have 1 or 2 additional photos that W Magazine did not publish. Nicole Nodland is currently the Editor-in-Chief of US of America.

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Another orger posted most or all of the photos on the thread Post Ur Prince Pictures Part 11: http://prince.org/msg/7/441981, pages 30 to 31

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"Exclusive: Never-Before-Seen Pictures of Prince, on His Birthday"

By: Fan Zhong

W Magazine

June 7, 2017, 1:06 pm

Source: https://www.wmagazine.com...hed-photos

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"It's been a little over a year since Prince's death at the age of 57, and today, on what would have been his 58th birthday, we have this trove of never-before-published photographs of Prince Rogers Nelson by Nicole Nodland, an L.A. photographer who while visiting her family in Minnesota in 1994 cold-called Paisley Park and offered her services. Prince, as he was wont to do—the first-hand accounts are many and never not entertaining—invited this perfect stranger to come by."

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Michelle's note: It appears that the W Magazine article is in error about Prince's age, because my understanding is that he actually would have turned 59 on June 7, 2017.

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"THE PRINCE OF MINNESOTA: NICOLE NODLAND'S NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS OF THE ICON FOR ISSUE TWO"

By: Nicole Nodland

US of America journal

June 12, 2017 (from the web address)

http://www.usofamerica.com/home/2017/6/12/dwl60nc2fb122j72yri4m4okxo7b5o

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"Unseen photos taken by Prince’s personal photographer: Nicole Nodland publishes unseen images and writes about her intimate, magical time spent with the pop icon"

By: Nicole Nodland

Dazed magazine, digital edition

June 9, 2017

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/36254/1/prince-our-shooting-star-photos-nicole-nodland (09 June 2017)

JorisE73 said:

PennyPurple said:

Thanks for sharing. #6 pic is my favorite.

Great pics and some of these pics were already seen and even used:

I have an official T-shirt of the second picture bought at the second 1995 Gold show in Holland.

Pic 6 and 15 were published in a magazine.

Pic 11 and 12 were official posters.

Joris, thank you for clarifying. Most of these photos I had not seen, but there were a few that were familiar and that I swear I had already seen. Thanks for filling in the details.

Prince is bigger....