Customer Reviews

Prince in Hawaii: An Intmiate Portrait of an Artist

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This item only has photos on every other page and not all are of the artist. 19 of the 68 total photos are of instruments, band members, children and crowd shots. The pages without pictures have a small quote or song lyric. The photos are varied in style and very imaginative. I don't like my photo taken, but I wouldn't mind being photographed by this photographer. This one captured Prince as the larger than life performer and a very soft average Joe side of Prince. One of the most beautiful photos in the book shows an unmade-up, unshaven, relaxed man shadowed by his hammock. I've never seen Prince look more peaceful or handsome! This would be a good book for a student of photography or avid Prince fan.

I really enjoyed the beautiful pictures of Prince. They were very unique. They enable you to see a more personal side of Prince.

Prince in Hawaii is a well presented picture book. Beautiful candid photos of Prince on glossy pages. Accompanied by small phrases for the reader to reflect on. Makes a lovely book to have lying around to pick up and flick through at will. A must buy for all Prince fans. Worth evey penny. :)

This book contains beautiful fullcolor, fullpage photos of Prince and the people around him. It gives a great inside view in this man's life that is at least very interesting for a longtime fan like me.
Both photos from his onstage and offstage life. Yes, some pictures are of instruments, but they are just as important to him as the musicians. The same goes for the crowd shots. After all: without a crowd, there's no show.
Some pictures are posed, others are (most likely) spontaneous shots. In some photos he looks like a Prince, perfectly groomed & dressed as most of us know him, in others he looks almost like any ordinary guy. One of my favourite photos is that of Prince on a scooter wearing an old t-shirt with cut-off sleeves. It could be anyone's vacation photo.
The short text phrases on the even pages are sometimes funny, sometimes touching. They add something extra to the book though.
Even though it's not a cheap book, I'm glad that I bought it and I will progably browse through it many times again.