Imagery is everything and in this book of photographs, “Prince: A Private View” we will learn this first hand.
Beyoncé is a legend, a cultural icon, but when you pair up her status alongside that of Prince, we are just scratching the surface. Prince is an icon and Bey along with any artist you can name, will tell you the same thing.
The late pop-icon’s legacy will live on whether it’s Jay Z keeping his masters safe and sound or those who were closer to him. By those I mean, his friend of 20 years and photographer or 10, Afshin Shahidi.
Shahidi is releasing this photo book on October 17th and will feature a collection of photographs of Prince. Many we have possibly seen and many we have not, of course. While Bey and Prince have never worked on origial music together they have performed with one another.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Beyonce is providing the foreword with some personal words of her own.
“Truth be told, the word ‘icon’ only scratches the surface of what Prince was and what he remains to me.”
Surely this is just a gist of what the foreword pertains. If you want to pre-order Afshin Shahidi’s ‘Prince: A Private View’ you can now on Amazon.com
Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and soon became his cinematographer and later one of the only people allowed to photograph him. He collaborated with Prince longer than any other photographer. Afshin was the only photographer allowed to shoot the legendary 3121 private parties in Los Angeles that became the most sought after invitations in Hollywood; some of those photos are included in this book.
Prince: A Private View compiles photographer Afshin Shahidi’s work into a journey through Prince’s extraordinary life. With never-before-seen photos, it is the ultimate collection of shots of Prince. Brief, but complete and rich, stories about Shahidi and Prince’s collaboration and time together are alternately incisive, personal, and even funny
