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Edward Steichen J.P. Morgan 1903 I came across one of Edward Steichen photos of J.P. Morgan 1903. The first thing I saw was the glare in his eyes then his mustache the more you look you can see his pocket watch then HE IS HOLDING A KNIFE. Why is this man just standing there holding a knife? In doing more research I found in the book Photography Speakes 150 Photographers on Their Art the photo is not of Mr. Morgan "Over the years people have referred to the insight into Morgan's real character that I shoed by photographing him with a dagger in his hand. But this was their own fanciful interpretation of Morgan's hand firmly grasping the arm of the chair. It is not only photographers who read meaning into their photographs." ( pg. 92 Photography Speakes 150 Photographers on Their Art ) source: https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/jp-morgan-new-york

Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz  was born in 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Annie was enrolled in the San Francisco Art Insitute intending to study painting. I was not until she traveled with her mother to Japan she discovered an interest in taking photographs. When she returned Annie started taking night photography classes. In the 1970's Annie started working for Rolling Stone her first cover was with John Lennon. Ten years later Annie took more photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who had recently release their album "Double Fantasy." For this portrait Annie wanted both Lennon and Ono to be nude but, Ono refused to be. The result showed Lennon nude and curled around a fully clothed Ono. Several hours later John Lennon was shot dead out in front of his apartment. This photograph ran on the cover of Rolling Stone with no other words than the logo.