Original - Andrew Carnegie sits at a desk, 1913. The world's former richest man would today be worth 298.3 billion dollars, according to Forbes. Carnegie was a kind man, known for being a philanthropist, however he was seen as a very hard-working man. This is an excellent image of the second wealthiest man in history.
Reason
The best picture of Carnegie on the project, by far. This image was taken in 1913, but it is top quality of images from that time period. It also features an extremely encyclopediuc subject, the great Andrew Carnegie.
Conditional oppose Executed with enough skill to remove the copyright notice, but no attempt at restoration of numerous obvious scratches, etc. Some of these defects interact with the subject's face, which is a problem. Also the uploader chose a significantly lower resolution than necessary. The original is a 12MB .tif. I've done a rough approximation of the crop, converted to .jpg, and uploaded for comparison. See Image:Carnegie.jpg, which has nearly six times the amount of data in the nominated image. This is a competent portrait, but not among the best of its type for the period or even innovative: good formal portrait photography of this setting and style goes all the way back to the daguerrotype era, 70 years before this example was taken. If anything, this is a throwback. Enough EV to pass FPC if the original image is restored with sufficient care. Suggest suspending the nomination. DurovaCharge!17:24, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a typo, but it's based on rather generous calculation (by Forbes) of the value of U.S. Steel at its height. Another way to figure it is this--he gave away everything he had, and the gifts amounted to about $380 million from 1901 onward, which would be about $9 billion now I think. Chick Bowen00:40, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree with Durova. I also think enc. is lowered, that because Carnegie's left shoulder is blended into the shadows. SpencerT♦C00:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately my hands are full with other commitments. But if you'd like to get a little coaching and collaboration I'd be glad to help via Skype. E-mail me for my Skype username. Best wishes, DurovaCharge!22:06, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
