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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

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