The
Beautiful Ones
prince
—
10.29.2019
GOOD IN BED
“I’m fascinated
by his insistence
on being docu-
mented in his
bed, a sacred
place where he
was doing all this
creative work,”
Piepenbring
says of Prince’s
early years.
Such art helped
to pioneer “the
bedroom demo
as an indie
launching point.”
DIRTY MIND
OUTTAKES
“You can see him
at work, you
can see him try-
ing to find new
ways to present
himself: to be a
bit more alluring
in one, a bit
more aloof in
the next,” says
Piepenbring.
All the minute
differences
and details,
including the
stockings, tell
a story of how
the musician
wanted to
uniquely portray
himself. “He was
always questing
for a new ver-
sion of mascu-
linity, and you
can see that in
these pictures.”
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PRINCE PARTY UP IMAGES: ALLEN BEAULIEU; PRINCE IN BED: JOE GIANNETTI
