Rethinking Michael Jackson based on Facts

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Photo Credits

Home

Header: Graffiti by MTO, Berlin. Photograph: Evening of June 25, 2009. KM/Creative Commons.

Insights Section

l: MJ They Don’t Care About Us MV (1995). Photograph: IMDB.
m: Michael Jackson camera 1970s. Photograph: Creative Commons.
r: MJ TV Special; March 11, 1974

Values Section: Unsplash/CC.

Footer: Hands on a Wooden Surface. Photograph: Diva Plavalaguna, Pexels/CC.

Overview

Header: MJ monument Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Creative Commons.

Trivia

Header: MJ Kingvention Exhibitor (2019). Photograph: CC.

MJ at Lewis Family Home. Photograph: Lewis Family.
Jacksons NY, 1970s
Michael Jackson, 1998
Michael Jackson mid 1980s

The Lounge

Header: Photograph: Behzad Ghaffarian, Unsplash/CC.

Real Michael

Header: Rare – LaToya, Janet, MJ, David Gest, Carol Jackson (late 1970s). Photograph: David Gest Private Archives.

MJ live – ‘Dangerous’ tour, Monza (July 6, 1992) Photograph: Daniele Dalledonne/CC.
Howard Hughes thing – (not real) newsletter collage. Edit: JS
Michael Jackson (1998)

Vitiligo/Lupus

Vitiligo Others

Appearance

Sexuality

Sex vs Image

Relationships

LMP

Psychology

Mood

tbc

In His Own Words

Header: Michael Jackson, drawing (1972). Credit: Jim Britt photo. Used with permission.

Photograph: Sour Moha, Unsplash/CC.
Karen Faye post on Instagram Jan 24, 2017, 2008
MJ on Diana Ross Special, Upside Down (1981) Screenshot.
Jackson 5 + Randy (mid 1970’s). Photograph: CC.
MJ & Karen Faye at Motown Cafe, NY (1996)
MJ, March 1981

Image Manifestos

Header: London, Street. Photograph: Panicos Georgiou, Pexels/CC.

You Have To Lie

tbc

Childhood

Header: Michael Jackson in the backyard of his family’s home in Encino, Cal. (1972). Credit: Jim Britt photo. Used with Permission.

Consent & Abuse

Annotations

Self-Help Journal

Insider

tbc

Public Discourse

Header: Michael Jackson Mural. Photograph: Joao Pedro Freitas, Unsplash/CC.

What It Looks Like

tbc

About

MJ With older woman in Guang Dong, China (1987)

Bottom: Hands on a Wooden Surface. Photograph: Diva Plavalaguna, Pexels/CC.

Contact

Header: Hands on a Wooden Surface. Photograph: Diva Plavalaguna, Pexels/CC.

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Giraldi, B. (Dir.) (1982). MJ, Beat It [Musicvideo]. GASP (Prod.) Screenshot.