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Lunch Atop a Skyscraper

posted by Jason Kottke   Dec 08, 2016

As part of Time magazine's recent selection of the 100 most influential photos of all time, art historian Christine Roussel talks about the story behind the iconic Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photograph of a group of construction workers on their lunch break. Interestingly, no one knows for sure who the workers were and who actually took the photograph.