Terry Gydesen

First edition of this privately produced Paisley Park work, with magnificent black and white photographs of Prince on and off stage during his 1992/3 European tour, accompanied by lyrics and quotes by the artist.

• Photographs by Terry Gydesen (American).
• "Prince" Rogers Nelson (American).
• [Minneapolis]: Paisley Park Enterprises, 1994.
• Original black cloth boards, blind-stamped with the artist’s symbol.
• Bound in original black and white photographic dust jacket, with black and white marbled endpapers.

Minneapolis-based photojournalist Terry Gydesen had previously focused on politics, documenting Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign; as a documentarian “drawn to issues of power and passion” her approach was perfectly suited to her enigmatic subject. The brief foreword promises “insight, intrigue, mystery, fascination and introspection [...] a portrait of change.” Privately printed for Prince’s and his company’s own use, increasingly scarce — especially in the wake of his death. Until his recently published (unfinished) autobiography, the closest to a memoir the artist produced during his lifetime.