Time Photographer Diana Walker's Favorite Shots of Steve Jobs

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Longtime Time Magazine photographer Diana Walker has shared a few of her favorite photographs of Steve Jobs, and briefly sharing her experiences working with him.

He was so much fun because he was so quick--he was such a fast study. You showed him anything and he could get it in a second. I was always fascinated by his design sense. It was wonderful because he liked my pictures.

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In this photo at Jobs' home office in 2004, we can see a model of the then new Power Mac G5 on his desk and a plethora of books, files and knick-knacks on the shelves in the background.

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Michaelgtrusa

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I love them all

 

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Great shots. Great man.

 

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What is that bag of stuff on the top shelf in the background?

Also, desk looks right out of an apple store

 

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Nice Shots!

 

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Why is the screen so big, but the Power Mac G5 so small?

 

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PowerMac mini?

ouimetnick said:

Why is the screen so big, but the Power Mac G5 so small?

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That's what I kept trying to figure out. It looks like a PM G5 on the desk, but very small. Even if that is a large monitor, the PowerMac looks very tiny.

 

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edenwaith said:

That's what I kept trying to figure out. It looks like a PM G5 on the desk, but very small. Even if that is a large monitor, the PowerMac looks very tiny.

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Looks like that is just a model of the G5, and the real machine is on the floor. Still a great shot

 

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edenwaith said:

That's what I kept trying to figure out. It looks like a PM G5 on the desk, but very small. Even if that is a large monitor, the PowerMac looks very tiny.

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It's a model lol. Says in the photo captions.

 

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edenwaith said:

That's what I kept trying to figure out. It looks like a PM G5 on the desk, but very small. Even if that is a large monitor, the PowerMac looks very tiny.

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There are no cables plugged into it, it's just a model.
What is the black, finned box with the VGA cable running out of it??

 

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RoboCop001 said:

It's a model lol. Says in the photo captions.

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Steve just had the Mac midi (model between Pro and mini) all the time. The Mac everybody wanted, he just loved too much to share with anyone.

 

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Downdivx said:

There are no cables plugged into it, it's just a model.
What is the black, finned box with the VGA cable running out of it??

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Thats one of two studio monitors (high quality speaker)

 

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I dont believe that the black finned box is a speaker. There are at least 2 cables coming out of it.

Also, that monitor looks unusually large. Call me paranoid but it looks bigger than 30"

 

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That is a speaker

The black box is a speaker... Older line of Genelec, the 2 cables are a power cable and the audio cable, self amplified.. -

 

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Downdivx said:

What is the black, finned box with the VGA cable running out of it??

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That's a Genelec 1029a speaker (it's also a IEC power cable not a VGA cable)

 

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That's a great shot. That photo reminds me of one taken of Einstein in his study.

 

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fantastic photo! ... I wondered what his office looked like ... clean and simplified or cluttered and homely. I like the walls and ceiling.
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The screen is huge. I have a 30" ADC, it's not that big. Maybe he had a special 40" screen.

 

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Canubis said:

Steve just had the Mac midi (model between Pro and mini) all the time. The Mac everybody wanted, he just loved too much to share with anyone.

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Ha! That is exactly what I thought, also! After all these years, Apple WAS making the Mythical Mac Minitower - but only one at a time, and only for Jobs' home office...

(Great pickup on the Genelec's, btw)

 

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iBug2 said:

The screen is huge. I have a 30" ADC, it's not that big. Maybe he had a special 40" screen.

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Huh. I always figured he was a neat freak. Kinda nice to see he's not.

 

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Nice images -- I'm going to show the home office image to my wife, because mine is just as messy and disorganised looking (she'll have to start accepting me for the genius that I am).

 

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chrmjenkins said:

What is that bag of stuff on the top shelf in the background?

Also, desk looks right out of an apple store

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Power Mac is a model as mentioned in the text, screen is likely a 30 ACD but it looks big - and to what computer is it connected, the thing next to the PowerMac model looks unlike any Mac I know...

EDIT: 'K, was too late to read all the other posts...

 

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I suspect that there's a bit of wide angle distortion making the monitor look so big. Maybe someone with one of the long discontinued firewire isight cameras could compare it to the size of their screen for comparison?