PICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE,
revealing stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time
working at Paisley Park. At least half of the images in the book are
exclusively published here for the first time; most other images in the
book are rare to the public eye.
This edition also includes 16 pages of lost photographs, all of which
have recently been uncovered by the author from within his extensive
archive.
Alongside these remarkable images are fifty engaging, poignant and often
funny written vignettes by Parke, which reveal the very human man behind
the reclusive superstar: from shooting hoops to renting out movie
theatres at 4am; from midnight requests for camels to meaningful
conversations that shed light on Prince as a man and artist.
STEVE PARKE started working with Prince in 1988, after a mutual friend
showed Prince some of Steve's photorealistic paintings. He designed
everything from album covers and merchandise to sets for Prince's tours
and videos. Somewhere in all of this, he became Paisley Park's official
art director. He began photographing Prince at the request of the star
himself, and continued to do so for the next several years. The images
in this book are the arresting result of this collaboration.
