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Steve Jobs 1984 Photos by Norman Seeff





Norman Seeff has photographed some of the greatest legends of our time. One of my favorites was Steve Jobs. Seeff was able to photograph Steve both in the work environment with the Apple team, but also in Steve’s home.

In captions that support these images, which can be read on his website, Seeff recalls how Steve surveyed his work before he was comfortable enough to allow him to come to his home. This photoshoot would in turn produce one of the most iconic portaits of Steve Jobs of all time.

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Evan says:

September 19, 2012 at 5:01 am

I don’t think we should be so quick to canonize Steve Jobs. I think it’s very much not awesome to have a big company act as gateway to what software you can and can’t run on your cell phone, a philosophy that’s making inroads on the desktop too.

However, it’s hard not to love a guy doing gangsta hands while drinking an Anchor Steam on the floor of his minimalist house with giant Acoustat panels.

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Shelby White says:

September 19, 2012 at 9:29 am

@Evan

Limitations are absolutely necessary to the health of the product they’re developing. Think of it like curating a collection of images. When you limit what goes into the collection, you can uphold quality. When you don’t limit what goes in, you all of a sudden get a lot of other stuff and quality, more often than not, is lost.

The iPhone, and most other Apple products would be lost in the sea of technology if they were open to every company who wanted to put their software in the product. Sound familiar? That’s because it is—Windows does this. Of course, this isn’t a Mac Vs PC debate, but you can start to see a controlled experience vs a non-controlled experience…

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Ryan says:

September 19, 2012 at 11:23 am

I think it’s perfectly reasonable to canonize Jobs. He sparked the personal computer revolution, then led the greatest turnaround in business history, turned the entire music business, and changed the way that all of us interact with our phones, our music, and each other. If that isn’t reason enough to canonize the man, I don’t know what is.

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Evan says:

September 19, 2012 at 4:49 pm

@Shelby:

Very true — there’s no disputing that by acting as gatekeeper, Apple keeps the iPhone/iPad a very polished, beautiful couple of products.

But with computers, for me, a finely curated experience takes a backseat to control. I want the computers that I own to be what Cory Doctorow nicely called “honest servants to my will”, so I’m uneasy giving any one company a say in how I may use them. I’ll take (and love) a thoughtfully curated car, house, or individual computer program, but when it comes to the whole tool with which I make a living and learn and play and communicate, I’m OK with a little anarchy.

@Ryan:

True, he’s been a phenomenal business success. I could get behind canonization if you add stereo-and-beer-on-the-floor minimalism to that list =)

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Angel says:

October 1, 2012 at 12:57 pm

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Harga Blackberry says:

December 12, 2012 at 9:08 am

I think it’s perfectly reasonable to canonize Jobs. He sparked the personal computer revolution, then led the greatest turnaround in business history, turned the entire music business, and changed the way that all of us interact with our phones, our music, and each other.