Polaroids of living legend Madonna have recently been unearthed by photographer Richard Corman, who took the photos in 1983, at the dawn of her decade spanning career.

Richard Corman

Thought to have been lost, the 66 images were discovered by Corman when he was moving apartments earlier this year.

He found the priceless pieces of pop music history in an unmarked box in the back of a closet.

The photos were part of a photo shoot for Corman’s mother, Cis Corman, who wanted to make a hip-hop Cinderella movie starring the Material Girl.

Cindy Rella never materialized, but at least the pictures survived.

Richard Corman

They’ll make their debut later this year at a Chelsea gallery. Corman is blowing the photos up into giant prints for the show, but he’s preserving the Polaroid style by using a giant 20×24 Polaroid camera to take pictures of his originals.

Below, Corman recalls the original shoot and discusses how’s preparing for the gallery show.







h/t: Boy Culture