Unseen face

Four photo portraits of Michael Jackson, taken in Paris in 1999 as part of a planned image makeover for the legend, went on show for the first time, ahead of their sale at an auction in Paris in December 13.

Four photo portraits of Michael Jackson, taken in Paris in 1999 as part of a planned image makeover for the legend, went on show for the first time, ahead of their sale at an auction in Paris in December 13.

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Each photo built around a theme — the blue eye, the silver hand, the red curtain and the golden cape — was taken by a FrenchArno Bani, Arno Bani, on a request from Jackson.

The star intended one shot — showing him wrapped only in a metallic gold cape — to illustrate his 2001 album Invincible and planned to use the others as part of an image makeover.