Madonna’s first album was originally set to be called Lucky Star.

Photographed by Maripol’s boyfriend, Edo Bertoglio and designed by Martin Burgoyne. Wheels were in motion, copies were pressed but then Madonna sat with Gary Heery and everything was changed.
The photographs were fabulous, sexy, with a splash of old Hollywood, but in the end were not used on Madonna’s 1983 self-titled debut record album.

Included with the group of 3 mounted original photographs is a photo-copy of Martin positioning Madonna for the photo-shoot by Edo Bertoglio.

Background information:

In the 1980s, New York’s gritty Lower East Side was a hotbed of aspiring artists and entertainers with the common goal of achieving fame and success.
Two of the kindred spirits drawn to each other within the fast-paced microcosm of music, art and youthful freedom were British-born artist, dancer and model Martin Burgoyne and his best friend/roommate, Madonna.

Like so many talented young people who had not yet been ‘discovered,’ Martin Burgoyne worked a variety of jobs to get by while building a name for himself as a graphic artist.
He worked as a dancer and model, as well as a DJ and bartender at Studio 54. During that time, Burgoyne and Madonna were very much a part of each other’s lives, and they socialized with a tight circle of friends that included Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Martin was heavily involved in Madonna’s early career, performing as a dancer in Madonna’s first ever live performance, to being the art designer of her 1983 record album “Burning Up,” and first book “Lucky Star.”
He offered his support whenever needed. Madonna adored Martin, and when he contracted AIDS, she stuck by him and later quietly paid his medical bills.
Tragically, Martin died at the age of 23, but he left quite a legacy.
The 1992 song “In This Life,” written by Madonna with Martin in mind, was also dedicated to him.
Burgoyne’s parents, now retired in Florida, have been the guardians of his art and other mementos for the last three decades.