#Afshin Shahidi

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Prince in the green room of "The Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif., 2002, © Afshin Shahidi x

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FROM PRINCE: A PRIVATE VIEW WITH PICTURES BY AFSHIN SHAHIDI (2017)

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Video of the Week: Herb Alpert - Puttin' on the Ritz

The Puttin’ On The Ritz music video is a creative collaboration between Alpert, artist Glenn Kaino and filmmaker Afshin Shahidi with choreographers Napoleon & Tabitha D’umo from So You Think You Can Dance and produced by Kerith Lemon. One long camera shot follows the lead dancer, Vincent Noiseux on a musical journey and features musicians Lani Hall, Bill Cantos, Hussain Jiffry and Michael Shapiro…

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@prince This photo of @salmahayek and Prince was captured by Afshin Shahidi at the video shoot in Morocco. @afshinashahidi was Prince's principal photographer in the 3121 era. #3121 @sonymusic

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Prince was not one to send a lot of e-mails, but for teen TV star Yara Shahidi, he made an exception.

It helped that her dad Afshin was the superstar’s longtime photographer, who has a wealth of stories behind his many photos of the musician, including one from a London concert at which Yara was the youngest fan in attendance.

Prince messaged the politically vocal star a few years ago to tell her, artist to artist, that he was proud of her. Yara’s popular ABC sitcom Black-ish explores issues of race and class through the everyday experiences of her character Zoey’s family. Next year, Zoey’s story will continue to evolve in a spinoff, Grown-ish, that will explore many of the same issues in a new setting: college.

Yara still remembers Prince’s fuzzy purple rug from when she was little, but nothing was as enduringly influential as her father’s close working relationship with his world-famous boss. In fact, that’s what laid the groundwork for the family’s high expectations of their “creative experiences, work relationships, and personal relationships,” Yara tells TIME.

“It was about not seeing limitations,” Afshin adds. With an assist from his book Prince: A Private View, which compiles images of the megastar holding court onstage and off throughout his career, the family discusses the impact of what Yara’s mother Keri calls Prince’s “creative abundance.”

“You’ve taken the baton and taken it to another level,” Afshin tells Yara. Support from high places may just be part of her routine. Next year, she starts at Harvard University, thanks in part to a recommendation letter from Michelle Obama.

Yara, Keri, and Afshin sat down with TIME to discuss their fondest memories of Prince and lessons in artistry from the Purple One....

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1968 Olympic Protester Tommie Smith Reclaims His Legacy In A New Documentary

1968 Olympic Protester Tommie Smith Reclaims His Legacy In A New Documentary

The #1 source in the world for all things Harlem. Bounce, the first and only broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, has acquired the exclusive world broadcast television premiere rights to With Drawn Arms. The result of a Continue Reading → The post 1968 Olympic Protester Tommie Smith

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Prince in Hawaii, © Afshin Shahidi

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Photo from- Prince: A Private View, by Afshin Shahidi

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Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and soon became his cinematographer and later one of the only people allowed to photograph him. He collaborated with Prince longer than any other photographer. 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.

Prince: A Private View compiles photographer Afshin Shahidi’s work into a journey through Prince's extraordinary life. 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.

Now available for preorder on Amazon HERE

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Prince’s Personal Photographer (and Yara Shahidi’s Dad) Releases Never-Before-Seen Photos in New Book

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