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It's like looking at an Olympic athlete or a perfectly formed lioness in the Serengeti. The sloppy, head jerking, pop star by number girls today just don't have it.

The Singer as Model. Mademoiselle. Madonna - A Star Shines

Shot in 1983, released officially in Mademoiselle magazine in 1984 - this is Madonna's first shoot with Steven Meisel. The time of the Burning Up video shoot. This is the beginning of Madonna's true relationship with fashion photographers. The singer that modeled. Only one with a modern dance background and that face could do it. Different. Now the norm - even if they're fucking ugly and undeserving.

So early, it's what truly separated her from her contemporaries that would go sit with any photographer they were told to by their record companies. Not Madonna. She had a vision and unique talent. They always say she knew how to use the video medium but they always forget to inject her keen knowledge of and relationship with photography, photographers and the camera.

One slice of the pie that makes Madonna, Madonna.

Christopher Flynn

Along with Mrs. Fellows, Christopher Flynn gets his (constant) love and appreciation, as well as a resurrection of pieces from older posts. If it wasn't for him, we may never have had Madonna. Christopher Flynn xo.

Madonna and Christopher at the AIDS dance-a-thon 1989




Madonna and Christopher jamm'n in 1989

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From the Interview Magazine piece with Gus Van Sant.

Madonna: In fact, the character that Richard E. Grant plays in the film I directed, Filth and Wisdom [2008], is this blind professor who was based on my ballet teacher, Christopher Flynn. Growing up in Michigan, I didn't really know what a gay man was. He was the first man-the first human being-who made me feel good about myself and special. He was the first person who told me that I was beautiful or that I had something to offer the world, and he encouraged me to believe in my dreams, to go to New York. He was such an important person in my life. He died of AIDS, but he went blind toward the end of his life. He was such a lover of art, classical music, literature, opera. You know, I grew up in the Midwest, and it was really because of him that I was exposed to so many of those things. He brought me to my first gay club-it was this club in Detroit. I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere. But when he took me to that club, he brought me to a place where I finally felt at home. So that character in Filth and Wisdom was dedicated to him and inspired by him.

Eugene Hütz reading 'a book' by Christopher Flynn in Madonna's directorial feature film debut Filth and Wisdom.

Click HERE & HERE for the full original Christopher Flynn posts.

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