Steve Jobs in 1985. Photo by Doug Menuez, from "Fearless Genius."
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Steve Jobs‘ resignation from Apple has led many to wonder about the future of his groundbreaking, culture-defining company. (The Wall Street Journal is polling its readers about the fate of Apple, in fact.) But I can’t help but feel distressed about what his stepping down says about his health.”I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come,” he wrote in his resignation letter. Ominous.
So as a sort of tribute to this great visionary, I’m posting links to “Fearless Genius,”Doug Menuez‘s photographs documenting the rise of Silicon Valley, shot over a 15-year period, starting in 1985. At the time, Doug notes, Jobs had been forced out of Apple—shocking to think about now—and was starting NeXT. He granted Doug unlimited access to photograph himself and his team for what started as an assignment for Life magazine (pitched by Doug) and turned into something much larger—a chronicle of a historic period of American innovation. (Doug talked about the project at a TEDx presentation he made last year, viewable in its entirety here.)
Doug shot more than 250,000 images during his 15 years in Silicon Valley. Many can be seen at Stanford University Libraries‘ website, in the Douglas Menuez Photography Collection. Below is a brief video interview with Doug about “Fearless Genius,” made in advance of a 2010 lecture he was giving on the project at Palo Alto Institute.
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Steve Jobs in the early years
Steve Jobs in 1985. Photo by Doug Menuez, from "Fearless Genius."
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Steve Jobs‘ resignation from Apple has led many to wonder about the future of his groundbreaking, culture-defining company. (The Wall Street Journal is polling its readers about the fate of Apple, in fact.) But I can’t help but feel distressed about what his stepping down says about his health.”I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come,” he wrote in his resignation letter. Ominous.
So as a sort of tribute to this great visionary, I’m posting links to “Fearless Genius,” Doug Menuez‘s photographs documenting the rise of Silicon Valley, shot over a 15-year period, starting in 1985. At the time, Doug notes, Jobs had been forced out of Apple—shocking to think about now—and was starting NeXT. He granted Doug unlimited access to photograph himself and his team for what started as an assignment for Life magazine (pitched by Doug) and turned into something much larger—a chronicle of a historic period of American innovation. (Doug talked about the project at a TEDx presentation he made last year, viewable in its entirety here.)
Doug shot more than 250,000 images during his 15 years in Silicon Valley. Many can be seen at Stanford University Libraries‘ website, in the Douglas Menuez Photography Collection. Below is a brief video interview with Doug about “Fearless Genius,” made in advance of a 2010 lecture he was giving on the project at Palo Alto Institute.
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