Before she was famous, for both her songs and cleavage baring ways, Katy Perry was just..Katy Hudson. She was a teen Christian rock singer.

Before the pop, she was all rock.

katy1.png

Jim Standridge was the cameraman who had the chance to spend some time with her before she was famous.

katy2.png

He rediscovered it and edited it down from 90 minutes to just a few with some scenes of the 17 year old.


“Everyone thinks I’m like a superstar … but that’s not how I am at all. I’m just some little kid from California who plays the guitar and sings,” Perry says at one point.

katy3.png

Incredible to know just how far she's come.

katy4.gif