*Prince fans, get prepared to cop a book of never-before-seen photographs of the icon, courtesy of his former art director, Steve Parke.
Parks’s “Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait,” released by Cassell on September 5, includes 16 pages of pictures that he once thought to be lost.
Fortunately for Prince fans, Cassell has shared some of these photographs.
See some of the images below.
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Parke has also included short stories detailing his relationship with Prince. As noted by blavity.com, he ‘recalls making prank phone calls with Prince and even taking spur-of-the-moment midnight camel rides.’
“Really, I’m normal. A little highly strung, maybe. But normal,” Prince once said.
In related news, Minnesota residents petitioned to replace their capital’s Christopher Columbus statue with one of Prince.
The petition titled, “Replace Columbus Statue with a Prince Statue and One Chosen by the Native Community,” aims to replace a stature of Columbus that stands in the state’s capital with one that depicts Prince, and one that honors the state’s indigenous people.
The petition reads:
“Across the nation, city governments are choosing to remove statues of white supremacists, slave owners and those who threatened the livelihood of black people. Here in Minnesota, communities are reigniting the demand to bring down state’s monument to Christopher Columbus, a man who murdered, raped and enslaved black and Native peoples in the Americas. We, the undersigned, do not believe that Columbus represents the values Minnesotans carry. Rather than glorify a man who wanted to extinguish black and Native peoples, we should honor members of our community whose leadership we find inspirational.”
Community organizer Wintana Melekin created the petition.
“I spend a lot of time at our State Capitol,” Melekin said. “It’s a space that already does not feel inviting or inclusive to communities of color. To see Columbus every day in front of the building does not make it feel more welcoming. So, I put the petition together because I wanted to see someone, Prince, at the capitol because he represents a part of Minnesota that we are all proud of.”
On the petition, Melekin wrote, “Prince represents Minnesota values and Columbus does not.”
The petition has been submitted to Governor Dayton and the State Legislature of Minnesota.
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