Afshin Shahidi

Listen to "Afshin Shahidi A Private View" on Spreaker. Prince: A Private View (on-sale October 24), a photography book of stunning and mostly unseen photos of the iconic Prince over a ten-year period. Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and became his trusted photographer and videographer. With this book, Shahidi offers fans the ultimate visual memorabilia. Prince: A Private View offers a select portfolio of Shahidi's fine art photography as well as a window into Prince's extraordinary life. Shahidi's unique, unrestricted access to Prince is reflected in a wide variety of images - staged, candid, art-directed, and in-concert. This book features intimate photos of the beloved artist that span a decade, with over 100 that have never been seen before. All the photos are carefully directed in the artist-as-art style that we associate with Prince. What's most special about this exquisite collection of photos is the story they tell. Shahidi goes beyond the photos with brief captions that bring them to life and transports the reader to the exact moment the photo was taken. The stories in these captions - some intimate, some intense, others funny - reflect the essence of a beloved artist and star. 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. 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. There's also a moving foreword to the book written by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.